"Hey bro I legally can't be prosecuted but don't worry, you can trust me. And if I accidentally give you reason to think otherwise, I will investigate myself, declare my innocence and imprison anyone who disagrees with my methods." Right. No one has ever abused that power. Not ever.

@Fordnan

11 ай бұрын

It is disgusting that they are immune from prosecution. Even more disgusting is the power they hold constitutionally that should be held by our MPs.

@Gdsamplify

10 ай бұрын

Let see America's former head of state Donald Trump

@aaronstorey9712

10 ай бұрын

​@@Gdsamplifyor George bush

@aaronstorey9712

10 ай бұрын

​@@Gdsamplifyjoe Biden

@aaronstorey9712

10 ай бұрын

​@@GdsamplifyObama

I had to laugh at some monarchists though - they said "she's irreplaceable." Uh... she was replaced the second she stopped breathing. 😂

@lukeamato423

4 ай бұрын

In a sense , everyone is irreplaceable

@EthanCAviation

4 ай бұрын

U r an idiot

@manjuananthnadhajeesh3581

3 ай бұрын

​@@lukeamato423but the positions they hold aren't.

I like how people mock north Koreans for mourning the death of their leader, then when they see this they think everything is normal.

@laputa6464

5 ай бұрын

One ruled the country as a dictator, one served for her country.

@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing

5 ай бұрын

One was a world war two veteran who freed the colonies fixing her ancestors mistakes. One of them is a fatass who kills people who value their own life over a picture than him.

@georgepanicker61916

5 ай бұрын

​@@laputa6464in your dreams

@Blandy0487

5 ай бұрын

I think they mock North Koreans for thinking their leader created golf and learned how to speak English when he was two weeks old e.c.t

@jonb4020

4 ай бұрын

So you think there is a parallel between QEII and Kim, do you? I've read some ignorant stuff on here but that's up there with the most idiotic! 🙄🙄

As an American, it's wild also seeing Americans be sad over it. I understand being sad over someone's death bc someone just died. But you're pov is super understandable and yes true

@Red-jl1qr

10 ай бұрын

I think Americans were sad about it for the same reason we were sad about Betty white. We kinda dont expect them to die after they've lived for so long and been so familiar to us. Though we also made a lot of jokes about it too. Either that or we're just miming British people to not look rude.

@bubas420

10 ай бұрын

@@Red-jl1qr yea. Good point n I see it

@oldpossum57

5 ай бұрын

I’ve always found the American fascination with the royal family odd, and worrisome. There are families in the USA that think of themselves as having the Royal jelly: Kennedys, Bushes, and godhelpus Trumps.

@bubas420

5 ай бұрын

@@oldpossum57 right!!!

@lordhoweproductions3733

4 ай бұрын

I couldn’t care less about any of the royal family. They are just dumb apes like the rest of us peasants. Nothing special

Imagine calling out a paedophile and the police arrests you instead of him

@Remake5182

Жыл бұрын

Prophet Mohamhed

@lorekeeper685

Жыл бұрын

@@Remake5182 oh wait people have been arrested for calling out him? I probably either except murder or someone with position of power act like it isn't something. When I ask that to a religion teacher He answered "oh it was 9" As if that makes that okay!

@robertl426

Жыл бұрын

@Zehao Zhu I'm no fan of Prince Andrew, but what he allegedly did does not make him a pedophile, learn what that word actually means. There is a time and a place for criticizing Prince Andrew, but the funeral proceedings of his mother is not appropriate.

@nicolaspierola424

Жыл бұрын

@@robertl426 he is or has undergone several complaints for sexual misconducts with minors, and being a part of the royal family is the main reason why he isn't behind bars, so yes, this is the perfect time to call out on this.

@dolltron6965

Жыл бұрын

He's not a pedo. that means having sex with children 13 and younger, she was 17 you idiot. Was it inappropriate for a man his age, sure, and while 16 is the law here for consent he was in a country where the law is 18 and he knew that and abused his position.

Hitchens said it best when he said that "Prince Charles' job his entire life is/was waiting for his mother to die". Pure gold.

@yengsabio5315

Жыл бұрын

The job his son, William, will do the same. Then the next heir, & the next...

@HopeeInk

Жыл бұрын

I‘m sure he dances on her grave 😂

@yodigak8810

Жыл бұрын

I pity those monarchs. I'd rather live my humble life

@alvindimes4729

Жыл бұрын

@@HopeeInk What a discussing comment, shows what a despicable vile nasty individual you are.

@egimessito6573

Жыл бұрын

Loved Hitchens

As I age, I'm supposed to become more reactionary and conservative, yet I find myself becoming increasingly disturbed by the idea of an hereditary monarchy. Beethoven had it right in his refusal to bow and fawn over these people.

@ottz2506

6 ай бұрын

Yeah as I get older I’m still waiting for the “you’ll become a conservative when you’re older” phase to show up. I’ve become more left wing, more critical of capitalism and more sympathetic towards socialism as I grow up. I came from the family of royalists and got warped up in that and now I’m a committed republican.

@lufsolitaire5351

3 ай бұрын

People who say that sort of thing are just trying to wash their hands of continuing to grow as a person and trying to feel good about being “decent enough”, which there’s nothing entirely wrong with some slowing but not to the point of being obtuse or out of touch. Learning ought to always take place until the day you die.

@stephennewcombe976

3 ай бұрын

@@lufsolitaire5351 I couldn't agree more.

@darkspiro6467

3 ай бұрын

​@@ottz2506eh left and right both are full of bullshit one wants to stagnate and stay still the other will tear the world apart if it means that they can fix something they think is bad

@TheTrevortrowbridge

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@ottz2506You probably wouldn’t give two hoots, but as an American that last sentence….. is vastly amusing. “committed Republican”, English is a funny language, as that means something vastly different and almost certainly the opposite of what you intended stateside. Still, it’s funny almost, the similar struggles and enlightenment we strive for, though it seems in many regards, like you lot might well be further along. At least what you are rallying against, is quantifiably proven to exist.

Charles came to visit the states when I was in middle school (circa 1981). For some reason, our class managed a field trip to greet his jet. I still remember how thoroughly weird all of the rules for addressing him were. I could manage “sir”; that’s an appropriately respectful address for anyone. But, there was no way that I could have managed “your magestey”

@EmelyPhan

3 ай бұрын

Sir and ma'am are a reasonable and respectful way to address someone since they may not remember, be comfortable or be used to saying things a certain way.

@misplacedsouthern1236

Ай бұрын

That was crazy they took you there. We fought a War that was long & bloody to end the British rule over us. They’re nothing to us so we don’t need to address them by any titles in the USA.

As immigrant to Australia, when the queen died, I couldn’t help but be a bit worried as of how I should have been reacting or talking about her death to my friends. I didn’t care, but I also didn’t want to spark conflict. My Australian friend kicked all those worries to the curb when they entered the room saying “Queen got slayed.”

@ts4743

Жыл бұрын

lmao i love that

@snoozyq9576

Жыл бұрын

Pretty nasty reaction to someone dying. Regardless of our feelings for someone we can still have some humanity

@andromeda1840

Жыл бұрын

@@snoozyq9576 maybe she should have stopped occupying our countries then. We’re a colonised state, I don’t care whether she’s a person, she forfeited my compassion when she became a figurehead of continued violence and dispossession for indigenous peoples across the globe. Under her “sovereignty” Gough Whitlam was removed from power for trying to enshrine the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in law. Same principle I have for my family: I’ll speak ill of the dead when the dead was a cunt.

@chocdesglacons

Жыл бұрын

@@snoozyq9576 It wasn't really someone in this context, it was a state of affair or news cycle that just happened to be tied to a physical person's health condition. People will always talk about the powers that be with a certain level of flippancy or detachment. The only variable is whether you choose to personify the state or not by having a monarch and, if you do, you have to be able to deal with the “disrespect”.

@digbycrankshaft7572

Жыл бұрын

Have lived in Australia for twenty two years and have hardly heard anyone talk about the monarchy. Literally no one I know mentioned Elizabeth Windsor's death or Charles Windsor's coronation. It is an almost total irrelevance.

The guy calling the funeral "the most important event the world will ever see" had me physically ill

@sergeynemkov1554

Жыл бұрын

Especially in the current geopolitical climate when Ukraine is being invaded by Russia, so tone deaf it's unreal

@mathewaitken938

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was looking for somewhere to vomit. It received the same coverage in our convict colonies of Australia.

@wrestlinganime4life288

Жыл бұрын

@@sergeynemkov1554 Exactly. We're literally on the verge of a possible Third World War, many countries are still feeling the effect of the worst pandemic ever, cost of living in the UK is higher than ever and gas price too. Pardon for not giving a fuck about a glorified celebrity

@Joe-ym6bw

Жыл бұрын

What's so important about an elderly lady dieing

@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66

Жыл бұрын

it's kind of surreal seeing a grown man say something this stupid, on national television, nonetheless.

As an American, I find it very interesting how blinded I was about the monarchy. I always loved English literature and Britain culture. It was like, "Well I guess it's fine since they liked it." Now I think about it again. No one in the states would approve anybody who claims monarchy. Imaging if someone in US claims monarchy. Everyone is just going to be like, "And who the fk are you?" I completely forgot that part of the reason why the Scottish had an independence referendum is because of the monarchy.

@sheepthehack

6 ай бұрын

THATS THE THING!!! The average idiot cannot just say... IM PART OF THE MONARCHY!!! It is backed up by literally THOUSANDS of years of history... The fact that they are still around after fuck wits like the creator of this video have bashed them for probably as long as there has been one shows how POWERFUL they really are.. ENGLAND without the monarchy becomes fucking FRANCE!!!! and who the fuck wants to be FRANCE!!!!! Without the monarchy there is no WAY we win the world wars... FOR KING AND COUNTRY!!!!!! not just FOR COUNTRY!!!!! The british people have always been a noble race!!!! and we are backed by the monarchy to strengthen this ideal!!!

@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing

5 ай бұрын

Actually that was because of brexit and them dissagreeing with the conservative party

@sheepthehack

5 ай бұрын

@@Extremelybraindeadhumanbeing Dont interrupt an American when they are being wrong, it takes too long to explain! Im just kidding.. im proud that both Brits and Yanks have such a close relationship... kissing cousins indeed!!! I personally think ENGLAND and AMERICA are the only reasons most of the world are not a caliphate!!!

@jonb4020

4 ай бұрын

It was nothing to do with the monarchy!

@teleplayer605

4 ай бұрын

As a Brit, I've personally always been fairly indifferent towards the monarchy. But I have to say, all the ceremony, ritual and symbolism, plus all the fawning and grovelling by some members of the public that followed the queen's death and then the king's coronation really made my skin crawl. It's like, you think you understand your own culture, what your country represents and what it's all about, then suddenly all these people you've never heard of, who hold official positions high up in society that you didn't know existed, appear wearing strange clothes and reciting weird oaths and proclamations in this old-fashioned way of speaking. I got real, cult-like, Eyes Wide Shut vibes off the whole thing. Like a glimpse of this secret society behind the scenes, that is totally at odds with your whole idea of what modern Britain is all about and what it claims to stand for.

Viewer from Spain here, this happened a while ago but we also had our monarch suffle a few years ago, although it happened becuase our previous monarch RESIGNED as a result of him being esentially corrupt. These institutions were already outdated in Europe 300 years ago and yet there is people that think they are special somehow, when they are literlly doing the job of a diplomat, for 1000 times the salary and with legal benefits.

@andreysilva8418

23 күн бұрын

Atleast Juan Carlos choose to not become an dictator/ absolute monarch. Thats already something

The funeral was like a Christmas special episode in a soap opera to a lot of people. It's like the Monarchy is their favourite show and the main hero has just been killed off.

@ludmilamaiolini6811

Жыл бұрын

That is literally what the monarchy is. Entertainment

@davidhunternyc1

Жыл бұрын

A real life Game of Thrones.

@anteeko

Жыл бұрын

I just dont understand that. People have so much admirarion for king/queen.. They are rich beyond understanding all inherited, without giving anything back to society and with all tax exemptions. They the apex of economic inequality.. they should be hated to no end but no they are loved somehow.

@thnkng

Жыл бұрын

@@anteeko well, people love celebrities too, even though they're *also* ridiculously rich. And while it might feel nice to point and laugh at the people that dare to find a bit of comfort in their lives by obsessing over celebrities, it's just something I personally don't have the amoral capacity to do.

@andyscot4844

Жыл бұрын

totally agree its like the Dallas Christmas special on their black and white TV back in the 1980s

I never really thought about it before, but "Mr. President" is a surprisingly humble title for the leader of a country

@cabo1656

Жыл бұрын

It's said thats why George Washington chose that title, at the time "President" was one of the most mundane titles for a leader. I don't remember how historical true this was, but even then and with other historical points that I remember to be accurated, it's hard to not respect the man. Saying this as a non-American.

@JLFAN2009

Жыл бұрын

@@cabo1656 That was actually Thomas Jefferson: there were suggestions that the president of the United States be addressed as "Your Grace" (or something akin to that). But his response was "No, just plain Mr. President will suffice: -- thereby foregoing the more honorific style. That effectively set the precedent for his successors in the office. Interestingly enough, however, this more simple style eventually acquired an aura of majesty, over the years.

@battlec43

Жыл бұрын

"Mr. President" isn't an official or formal styling of a US President. That would be The Honorable/His Excellency.

@lostboy8084

Жыл бұрын

President from presiding over 😢

@JLFAN2009

Жыл бұрын

@@battlec43 But no president since John Adams has been addressed thus. Thomas Jefferson basically made "Mr. President" official.

Thanks for an insightful (and respectful) commentary. As a historian and long-time critic of royal antics, I see no reason for the huge amounts of public money better spent to improve the lot of "the people" , than on an antiquated institution and its often disgraceful beneficiaries.

Utterly superb video chalked to the brim of valid point after valid point concerning this absolute joke of a family/institution. As a proud Scot hoping for independence and freedom from Westminster & the monarchy I'm delighted to see content like this. Keep up the good work 👌

@jonb4020

4 ай бұрын

It would be great to see people like you go - and Scotland failing you as it surely would. Problem is, it would be unfair on the millions of great Scottish people, many of whose families fought so bravely with us to defeat both Napoleon and later the Nazis and still want to be friendly with the English and remain part of the UK.

I am an Iranian and I have been watching your videos for a long time. It meant a lot to me that you mentioned the protest in Iran. ❤️❤️

@Annickicki

Жыл бұрын

My heart breaks for the people of Iran fighting against oppression right now. I am amazed at their spirit and bravery.

@Soapandwater6

Жыл бұрын

The women of the free world stand behind you!

@daianaiskander2757

Жыл бұрын

Same feelings from a Ukrainian! We support you in your fight too, your bravery is incredible!

@mnob1122

Жыл бұрын

I’m old enough to remember Iran in the 1960’s. I watched a program where women were walking around in mini-skirts in Tehran! A once free and open society. Freedom is so fragile and religion can be so oppressive.

@bobblue_west

Жыл бұрын

A great cheer of support to the courageous stand by young Iranian women and men demonstrating against the theocratic tyranny that rules Iran by force. The world sends you best wishes for a free SECULAR society.

I literally cannot comprehend how so many British people are not critical of the monarchy. Not only that but actually respect it.

@spector1892

Жыл бұрын

Social conditioning

@teresaamanfu7408

Жыл бұрын

@@N0Xa880iUL 😢

@carbootstudios2459

Жыл бұрын

Oh we are.

@Le_Trouvere

Жыл бұрын

Because it's extremely culturally and historically important. It's a super romantic and magical part of our history that connects us to the past but it also has a cultural and a-political function.

@davidevans3223

Жыл бұрын

Because culture is everything literally the reason we don't eat each other like they did in the Americas before Christianity is it's not our culture removing the royal family is a step towards socialism which is slavery and stealing and killed more than any war

I am proud that Gen Z of the UK is thinking for themselves and questioning an institution older generations simply accept as an imperative because they have always known it.

@jackmcewan8768

11 ай бұрын

not all gen z. im gen z and know many other gen z who support the monarchy or at the very least understand why it exists and don't just jump on the bandwagon of hating the institution because they do not understand it

@lfcmike12

10 ай бұрын

Just a little FYI, the monarch is whom our armed forces swear loyalty too, the monarchy is going nowhere regardless of if you like them or not.

@SWLinPHX

10 ай бұрын

@@lfcmike12 If you're speaking from what you're used to or tradition then a lot of things can seem normal or even correct. But if you take it at face value for the idea of taking one family and saying they are more important or deserve all sorts of riches because of their parents or who they married and that they should be supported by the entire nation, it is quite un-/anti-democratic. Associating it with national pride is again tradition which can often seem like it is right. Don't forget, slavery was a tradition, as was women being second-class citizens and not having the right to vote and many other things we look at today in disbelief. Again, it's all relative. But it is clear that by and large the younger generations support it less than the older ones, especially now that QE2 has passed on. So it is a matter of practicality and logic vs. tradition and associating it with a sense of national pride.

@SWLinPHX

10 ай бұрын

It would seem people who have been elected by a majority and who hold power to make important decisions should be held in higher esteem than those who were just "born". Otherwise, kings and queens would still be rulers of countries.

@lfcmike12

10 ай бұрын

@@SWLinPHX No, my point is regardless of if you like the royals or not, they have final say and control over the armed forces, while that remains the case they are going nowhere, the British public is in no way shape or form able to stand against an army. And FYI my national pride comes from my community, the culture and the way of life the vast majority of us enjoy on these shores, you're also confusing tradition with morality. Morality changes over the centuries and millennia, slavery and gender roles are two very different things to lump together also, and insinuating that women were outright second class citizens is just untrue and a very simplistic way of looking at history.

As a person from a former British colony it's flabbergasting to me how this still exists today.

@issac2939

2 ай бұрын

Which former British colony was it?

@misplacedsouthern1236

Ай бұрын

It is to me too.

What I found most upsetting was the fact that Charles declared a national holiday on the day of the funeral. With only a week's notice such a bank holiday meant: - People had to postpone their own families' funerals (which is a strange sentence) - Some people have had their chemo-therapy or laser-treatments for cancer postponed until they can be slotted in on a new date.

@archiebald4717

Жыл бұрын

An extra day off or double pay fir those who had to, or chose to work seems rather attractive. Christmas Day is a national holiday, but nobody is forced to celebrate Christmas. The NHS chose to defer consultations, that was its choice.

@BDSMaestro

Жыл бұрын

@@archiebald4717 Yours is a disgusting argument to read, as someone who wants my life to be about more than collecting the most money possible, and more important than what ancient white people say.

@snickeringpigeon4370

Жыл бұрын

@@archiebald4717 Difference is everyone knows when Christmas is. It isn't a surprise every year. You automatically plan around it. You know no funeral and no appointment will be possible on that day/those days. What a dumb comparison.

@Lorentari

Жыл бұрын

@@snickeringpigeon4370 Exactly my point

@TheGodpharma

Жыл бұрын

Charles made no such declaration and doesn't have the power to do so; the government did.

A very close friend had a death in the family the same day that the Queen died. He was a good man that loved his family, and by extension cared about the people his family loved.

@lmjedits6662

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry for your loss

@John.0z

Жыл бұрын

I am sorry for you and those who were close to him Dean.

@lieslceleste3395

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. My dad was worth 10 of any of these inbred dolts. He died at the age of 57.

@shop-a-holic3194

Жыл бұрын

I am sorry for your lost, I hope u are doing ok.

@JonathanMarks45th

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss

What a delightful video to watch - it is the first time in my life I was able to see someone call out this non sense in such an eloquent way. Thank you for doing this.

The line "at least they were forced to do it" hit hard

The most outrageous thing for me was seeing the news media uncritically talk about Prince Andrew and completely brush off all the disgusting things everyone in the world knows him for. I see people insisting "it's his mother" and "even criminals have a right to grieve" but the royal family still refuses to even acknowledge any of his wrongdoing. There's clearly no reluctance or remorse behind this decision, it's a blatant attempt to rehabilitate his reputation.

@davidhunternyc1

Жыл бұрын

Grieve from jail.

@jamescopeland8050

Жыл бұрын

There is a lifetime left to critique Andrew, but the focus wasn't on him - and rightly so. It was about the Queen.

@davidhunternyc1

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescopeland8050 His point was a critique of the ruling class. "Rules for thee but not for me."

@jamescopeland8050

Жыл бұрын

@@davidhunternyc1 - But much of the time, the anger is misplaced. What happened between Andrew and whomever he slept with has nothing to do with the Queen. Much like the arrests that happened in Scotland during the funeral procession:- a lot of people, especially down south in England, fail to realise that the reason these people were arrested has nothing to do with what they may think. The lady holding up a sign about imperialism, she was arrested because she held up a sign in public that contained a profanity. That's a section 38 offence under the Criminal Justice and Licencing Scotland Act 2010 - a law, by the way, which was created by the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), not Labour or Conservatives. It is a Scottish law, not an English law. Scotland has a hybrid common law legal system, whereas England has a public law legal system. The law was created in Holyrood, not in Westminster. It is a law made by the Scottish Government, not the British Government. Also, it's a law that is 12 years old. It's been around for a long time - and most of the people in Scotland who were arrested (and rightly so) were not even from the UK, a lot of them had travelled here simply to pull a stunt that broke our laws. For anyone trying to frame it as being some petty policing for no other purpose than protecting members of the royal family, then I'm afraid they simply haven't got a clue what they're talking about. And as for the gentleman who was in Oxford, what the person in this video fails to explain is that there was an earlier altercation that the police had to intervene in involving that man and several others. All of them were given a warning and told to go separate ways. He rejected that warning and continued to cause a disturbance, thus police picked up him and took him away from the area. He wasn't charged, but he was simply moved - though the police were in every right to pursue a section 5 public order act offence if they so wished to. As for the gentleman who shouted at the funeral procession in Edinburgh - specifically the one making remarks about Andrew - he was arrested for causing a disturbance. Again, this falls within the remit of a section 38 Criminal Justice and Licencing Scotland Act 2010, as this pretty much replaced the statutory breach of peace though it technically still exists. The gentleman in this video talks about members of the public 'assaulting' him, and yes they did push him, but because he provoked that reaction from members of the public is precisely why he was charged, because that's the proof he disturbed what would have otherwise been a peaceful situation. Once again, this is a Scottish law, made in Scotland, applies only to Scotland, which the man in this video clearly has no clue what he's talking about - and I say that with the greatest of respect. It's all good and well if people want to ensure that policing is done properly, but people should at least make an effort to get the full story before rushing to any judgments. These are simple orderly rules that we all must follow - nobody gets a free pass, and much of it comes down to mere common sense. If you go looking for trouble, then trouble will obviously find you. Lastly, I just want to point out that - though this should be pretty obvious - the 'freedoms' we have all come with terms and conditions. They are not absolute freedoms in Europe, that is only something which is seen in the United States, but in Europe you do have the freedom to express and the freedom to protest, though it is conditional on several things. Morality is one of them, and you would struggle to convince a judge in this land that it is moral to heckle or disrupt a funeral procession at the designated area the official ceremony is occurring. You do not get to rely on any freedom if you do not practice it within the conditions it allows. Exact same reason somebody cannot walk into a church in the middle of a sermon and start declaring how they personally do not believe in god and the world started with the big bang and not some mystical chap who built it all in 6 days. But once again, this comes down to common sense - something which does not seem to be so common after all.

@ElaborateTiger

Жыл бұрын

@@jamescopeland8050 The point is that the Royal Family hasn't taken any opportunity to acknowledge how disgusting of a person Andrew is, not now and not before. They want us all to forget about it and let him continue as normal. They're not even going to follow through with him retiring from public life as a Royal. It seems they've already figured out we're too stupid of a nation for even the emptiest gestures of accountability to be necessary.

It was really bizarre seeing the BBC report that surely, the tragic and foreseeable death of a 96-year-old eclipsed the UK's looming energy crisis.

@teeveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Жыл бұрын

It be truly tragic innit

@nicodemusbrausebier5378

Жыл бұрын

"If a non-swimmer drowns then that's not tragic - it's consequent." - Legendary cabaret artist Polt on news coverage of "tragic" events. Nothing tragic in dying of old age.

@snap__shot

Жыл бұрын

The UK doesn't have a "looming energy crisis tm". Energy companies jack up their prices so their grossly inflated pockets are lined even deeper. The crisis is just fear mongering pushed by the news, morons are piss scared something is goin to happen so they lap it up like a sick dog.

@carbootstudios2459

Жыл бұрын

@@nicodemusbrausebier5378 So we should never feel for anyone dying?

@thegrouchization

Жыл бұрын

@@carbootstudios2459 That's a nice strawman you've got there.

Some british people criticize caste system in India, and rightfully so, but in the same breath they support the Monarchy and the inherent heirarchy and "right of birth" associated with it..

@misplacedsouthern1236

Ай бұрын

I hear you. It’s like my fellow American on here saying a Monarch is the same as our U.S. President. 😳 What planet & time is she hailing from? It takes all types here. Welcome to youtube where all come sooner or later. It’s scary sometimes.

@misplacedsouthern1236

Ай бұрын

I’m American so I can only offer my outsider opinion. I want everyone to live whichever way they wish. I believe the people of India appear to be content but I don’t see that in the British. I think their Monarchy has taken advantage of the people for a long time and they’re done. From what I’ve read it seems to me most did not wish to make a change while Queen Elizabeth was alive but upon her death wanted the Monarchy to end. I’ve never heard anything about India except that both the People & the Country are beautiful. ❤

@shivangsrivastava4558

Ай бұрын

@@misplacedsouthern1236 There are many problems in India too, but just like every place it has his upsides and downsides

Really well put together, Alex. Thank you for the education. First saw you on "Unbelievable" years ago. Really happy for your channel taking off. I appreciate your thoughtfulness with which you speak. Take care, -Ken

Imagine that women's children in 20 years seeing video of their mum saying "coming to this funeral is bigger event than the birth of my children"

@Yuti640

Жыл бұрын

I know, I hate shit like that, I’m already mentally fucked up while I have a lovely family, I can’t imagine how that kid must feel in the future, with a family that doesn’t even care about their biggest event

@superninja493

Жыл бұрын

Oh shit that’d have to be horrible to hear, your kids are supposed to be the most important people to you

A week after the queen died, me and my sister were in a theatre in Edinburgh and before the show started they made us stand for a minutes silence for her and me and my sister refused to do it (because we are very political and won’t stand for anything we don’t believe in and I certainly wasn’t going to stand for the death of a woman I do not know) and a woman behind us shouted at us and called us scum… we were totally shocked and just laughed at her.

@Fordnan

11 ай бұрын

Sorry you had to experience that. The past 12 months have given us all a taste of what it must be like to live under the Kim dynasty. A significant number of people seem to rather like it.

@jayd5715

11 ай бұрын

dude dont be a lil fucking bitch just be respectfull wont kill you

@kennethmacalpin7655

4 ай бұрын

So you and your sister are edgelords

@Xnoob545

4 ай бұрын

​@@Fordnan trust me, you don't know how bad the Kim dynasty is If the OP had to stand up for Kim in North Korea and refused to, they'd likely be executed or imprisoned and tortured, possibly both

@xoxmerelyn1316

3 ай бұрын

damn thats mean…. you really are a scum lol

In my mind, the royalty are just the kardashians of Britain

This is spot-on, Alex! Well done! 🙂

Its very refreshing to know this kind of thinking exists in Britain. A number of years ago, The Queen visited Dublin, the capital of my country, costing the state nearly 20 million to fund. I happened to be in Dublin on the afternoon the Queen was due to drive through in a cavalcade of police and defense force vehicles. The entire city ground to a halt. It made me and many others very angry. Irish families were struglling to pay mortgaes and rent. many people were living in temporary accomodations. Some had taken to living in tents beside the canal. The illusion of empire is only as strong as peoples willingness to believe it exists. I won't go into Irelands History with this institution but to expect its people to bow down in reverence and pretend that an old woman waving from a car heals all wrongs is utterly ridiculous.

@thereverand2

Жыл бұрын

What a lot of drivel.

@solsystem1342

Жыл бұрын

Why on earth would Ireland of all places let the queen visit? Much less pay for her.

@gavinmccabe2908

Жыл бұрын

@@thereverand2 Hit the nail in the head.

@ChrisLee-yr7tz

Жыл бұрын

Isn't her ability to heal wrongs by waving just as 'strong' just as your 'ability' to be hurt by historical wrongs? Do we all legitimately suffer from the cumulative wrongs since the dawn of time?

@gavinmccabe2908

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisLee-yr7tz I'm not 'hurt' by historical wrongs. I'm appalled by the mindset behind many of them and in my opinion, the royal family symbolizes this mindset.

I’ve had quite a lot of fights with my family about this lately. Thank you for articulating my arguments better than I could

@abparker9971

Жыл бұрын

Well, if you hate the country so much, leave. The majority of the country loves the Royals, because they know they work hard at what they do.

@twenty-fifth420

Жыл бұрын

@@abparker9971 Terrible take, what if they are poor? Also, 500 years ago the majority of people thought it was okay to drink near the same water they shat near, so terrible bandwagon fallacy.

@MrApplewine

Жыл бұрын

Bring back Oliver Cromwell and the Republic. Republicanism and Americanism (Alexander Hamilton's American System of Economics) is Far-Left. Demand the surrender of the Crown and the City of London, Wall Street, and the liberation of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and all of the Empire.

@KikomochiMendoza

Жыл бұрын

@@abparker9971 Expelling dissenters? That sounds an awful lot like Authoritarian/Nativist talk. You must want to live in a country of sycophants where the Royalty do no harm as you lick the street their golden carriage rolled by.

@rsr789

Жыл бұрын

@@abparker9971 We get it, you're a wanton serf. How sad it must be to wilfully choose to participate in a cult.

I wasn't aware of many things you mentioned. Quite eye-opening video. Thank you!

Astute observations delivered with clarity and thought. Subscribed.

I am from Thailand. I see many people, who were weeping the loss of previous Thai king in his grandious funeral, are nowaday mentioning that they did it because their feelings were shaped by state media (propaganda?) and peer pressure. In 5-10 years, we might see the same with British people.

@robertjsmith

Жыл бұрын

Monarchy is like religion a comfort blanket for those that cant handle the truth

@alia_babo

Жыл бұрын

From what I've observed, it looks like it stems from how people are often not genuine with their feelings (I'm not talking about Thai people, just people in general). I think people somehow aren't that confident with what they actually think or feel about something that like Alex has said, they do this type of stuff because they think they're expected to. And when they turn to the media to find out how to act, they get bombarded with this type of stuff and reactions (exaggerated emotions mostly) and then they think that that's how they're supposed to react. It's both interesting and scary. It's interesting watching how far a propaganda can control how people think and it's scary seeing the repercussions of that.

@carbootstudios2459

Жыл бұрын

We’ll see.

@oddviews

Жыл бұрын

And if Alex's Video here, were of the Thai King's passing in 2016 he would be spending a term of minimum 15 years in jail because of Lese Majeste laws! No criticism of any kind allowed

@pozzarefds

Жыл бұрын

I used to mock Thai's for 'lese majeste' and now feel I need to eat my own shorts. British people are being arrested in the street for merely holding an opinion against the monarchy. I have no idea what is happening to the UK, but we see to be on some sort of race to the bottom right.

As someone who's mum passed away the day after the Queen, and a non-monarchist, I appreciated the opportunity to photoshop the front page image of the Queen in our local paper, improving it with my mum's beautiful face. Wonder who would want to arrest me for that...

@malgrosskreuz01

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss

@terryhaircastle5702

Жыл бұрын

Ah, I'm sorry to hear about your Mum. My thoughts go out to you

@vicentesanchezjr.3877

Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace to your mom

@DocKrazy

Жыл бұрын

I'll join the other three people's well-wishes here. Please accept the heartfelt condolences of an internet stranger.

@LocutusBorgOf

Жыл бұрын

My deepest condolences to you for your loss

I remember being a kid and finding out monarchies where still real. I was just like... Idk, very confused

@norikofu509

3 ай бұрын

Dude same, i thought back then that every country had Presidents and that Monarchies were a thing from the middle ages

I’m so glad someone is speaking out about this. HOW IS EVERYONE OK WITH AND EVEN SUPPORTING A BUNCH OF UNELECTED OLD PEOPLE TO RULE OVER COUNTRIES WHILE NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEM, WHILE FELLOW CITIZENS ARE EXPECTED TO HONOR THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE BORN IN TO A CERTAIN FAMILY?! God kill the monarchy.

@oliveros_cz5059

8 ай бұрын

It's part of their culture. The monarchy unify the public and carry the public in hard times. If we would look in monarchy, the king in ww2 unified the public to fight against nazi war machine. He even decided to stay in London with his people and was even happy when the buckingham palace was bombed. Queen Elizabeth II maked sure that the vast British empire will end in peace, and not in bloodbath, unlike the French, who experienced bloody war in Algeria.

@jonb4020

4 ай бұрын

What an unpleasant, warped, unhappy, envious creature you must be.

@Tyrannosaurus_rex.

4 ай бұрын

They don't rule anything, and you don't have to accept them.

@SD-iv4sz

4 ай бұрын

We have elections

@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION

4 ай бұрын

@@SD-iv4szso? You still have a fake leader that does nothing but waste taxpayer money

UK person here. You have delivered the perfect message. Can we crowd-fund it being played in full on all broadcast media in the UK? We need it. I'll put my money behind this, as will millions more. How can we make it happen?

@MrPercy112

Жыл бұрын

Fanny by name, Fanny by nature ...

@Fanny-Fanny

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPercy112 thanks, I appreciate your kind compliment 😊

@mantaseimutis9364

Жыл бұрын

@@Fanny-Fanny You are not real British. Long live the monarchy and the King!

@Fanny-Fanny

Жыл бұрын

@@mantaseimutis9364 I am real Brutish - my teeth are terrible and I've have had 9 pints of Tea today, before watching all 3 episodes of Fawlty Towers on the telly, while eating buttered crumpets. British.

@RightTurnClyde

Жыл бұрын

Nope. The Monarchy will endure. And this is why - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGeEucSjqKnUlZc.html

"The Queen was such a great woman" is such an empty argument. She used her unchecked power to shield her paedophile son from the law. She allowed the mother of her grandsons to be harassed by the press so ruthlessly that it got her killed, despite very clearly having the power to reign in the press is she so desired. She allowed her younger grandson to be forced out of the family and publicly humiliated before the whole world for the crime of falling in love with a mixed-race American. Institutions don't behave monstrously unless the institution's leader is a monster.

@cerealdude890

6 ай бұрын

You make it sound like she should have used her power to chill the press from reporting negatively her family. I agree with your overall point though.

@tecategpt1959

6 ай бұрын

@@cerealdude890no, it’s more about paparazzis causing the death of princess Diana

@sheepthehack

6 ай бұрын

I also hear she cancelled christmas one time by stealing santas seat warmer... asshole!

@loooongneck

6 ай бұрын

@@tecategpt1959yeah but I think they’re arguing what was the alternative? Restrict freedom of the press?

@bipinnambiar

6 ай бұрын

@loooongneck or just tell them to buzz off

A Absolute brilliant piece of work you have put out on this post, it’s just a pity that people have got their heads so far in the sand they can’t see what this institution is really all about.

Well done for making this Alex well said

"A moments reflection reveals that their highness is our lowness" 👏 well said!

@elkpaz560

Жыл бұрын

You might as well have it formally recognised.

@mayganphynix8267

Жыл бұрын

Yes! My favorite quote from the video.

If you get arrested for this, I will actively protest it. You're doing amazing work Alex. Thank you for everything you do

@Aisatsana1971

Жыл бұрын

He won’t. The idea that he will is hysteria.

@abparker9971

Жыл бұрын

He won't get arrested. But he will create outrage and disrupt the peace with this attempt at creating violent uprising

@chrislyne377

Жыл бұрын

Don't be absurd

@WendingWind

Жыл бұрын

I'd be worried more about vigilante justice than anything. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but you can get your head kicked in here in Glasgow for disrespecting the Queen and anti-monarchists have been arrested for public protest and charged with breaching the peace.

@abparker9971

Жыл бұрын

@@WendingWind This is all Nicola Sturgeon's fault for inciting people

As always you present an argument that is undeniable, and has made me question my own position on this subject. Thankyou. The voices we disagree with are the most important ones to hear.

Thank you for posting this video, your comments and views totally reflect my own. Well done!

Last week's church service, normally a highlight of my week, was nauseating. A local elderly man died after being hit by a lorry the same day as the Queen...I feel much more connection to him 🤷 RIP John Ward

@ziad-explains

Жыл бұрын

My condolences to John Ward's family.

@RannonSi

Жыл бұрын

She was the head of the church, and he was merely a member (if he was). My condolences to you and the people mourning him!

@ziad-explains

Жыл бұрын

@@RannonSi Therefore, his life had a lesser worth? What point are you trying to make?

@a.i.l1074

Жыл бұрын

@@RannonSi I'm church of Scotland

@snickeringpigeon4370

Жыл бұрын

@@RannonSi You are the exact kind of person Alex talked about in this video. You consider her "her Highness", which means You consider yourself lower. You shouldn't. Her life is no more or less valuable than that man's or yours. Not to mention that being killed by a vehicle is arguably a more tragic way to go than of old age in your 90s, if you really want to compare.

It’s wonderful to hear an intelligent person who has really considered what on Earth we’ve just been doing over the last few weeks, and why we would want to do it. Thank you Alex.

@MrPercy112

Жыл бұрын

That makes two fools: you and him!

@juliewake4585

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPercy112 thanks for your intelligence. I’ve obviously made a huge mistake in thinking for myself.

@alvindimes4729

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPercy112 That's an odd responce, can you explain what you mean.

@nealjroberts4050

Жыл бұрын

Eh, he made errors over the people protesting and didn't do any cost benefit analysis on removing the UK monarchy. The video comes across as just a complaint about the admittedly excessive coverage and not the actual role of the Monarchy.

@SadisticStang

Жыл бұрын

"It’s wonderful to hear an intelligent person who has really considered what on Earth we’ve just been doing over the last eight decades, and why we would want to do it. Thank you Alex." Fixed that for you

Thank you Alex for all the positive work you do

11:10 “When I see footage of North Koreans tripping over themselves to wail in the streets over the death of Kim Jon-Il I think, ‘at least they’re being forced to do it.” 😂

@KeldonA

Жыл бұрын

Bear in mind that this is a population of 66 million. Seeing a few hundred or thousand fanatics doesn't mean the entire country are fanatical

@komos3719

11 ай бұрын

Actually hilarious

@dobrasilaomundo.8086

11 ай бұрын

Lies, they are doing it to thanks their liberator from Imperialists like AmeriKKKans and Brishits.

@Commielover69

11 ай бұрын

They aren't forced to do it

@gaykidsexisttoo

11 ай бұрын

@@Commielover69 yes they are. or they could be sent to labour camps for life or executed.

As an Iranian who might not come back home, eachtime heading out to streets, fighting for freedom, I appreciate your witty critiques of monarchy. No human being is merited to rule by the praise of a fictional god and use of Iron fist.

@colinharbinson8284

Жыл бұрын

The UK is a democratic country with a monarchy, but espouses free speech and equal rights, so what's your problem?

@saphinadarkness2502

Жыл бұрын

@@colinharbinson8284 you speak about equal rights but it clearly does not fullfill that part as the monarchy has effectively way more rights than you do. Besides, democracy and hereditary monarchy are incompatible. The monarchy is nothing but a tourist attraction at that point.

@CAMSLAYER13

Жыл бұрын

The monarchy haven't done anything to run the country for 100s of years. At most they host diplomatic visits.

@icemachine79

Жыл бұрын

@@saphinadarkness2502 It's certainly worked better than our system here in the United States. That's why so many Americans mourned the death of QE2. We would love to have your "problems" lol.

@lolasdm6959

Жыл бұрын

@@icemachine79 Founding fathers: "but why??????"

Here in Ireland, our reaction to the news was chanting "LIZZIES IN A BOX!, IN A BOX!, LIZZIES IN A BOX!"

@thecraftingskywalker298

10 ай бұрын

I’ll always remember the day when our entire canteen started chanting “LIZZIES IN A BOX”

@anarchords1905

10 ай бұрын

There's a fantastic vid out there of a full stadium of Scottish football supporters on coronation day, all singing a chorus of "You can stick yer coronation up yer arse!" (I think it was a Celtic vs. someone else game? I don't know about football). There's something heartwarming about hearing several thousand people singing and it's all the better for it's humorous dig/stab at the monarchy we're all stuck with.

@hackman669

9 ай бұрын

Royals are a meme.😃

A very good look at the other side of the coin Alex! Well done!

Brilliant as ever. I can't stand the media in this country.

@nenmaster5218

Жыл бұрын

A whole Video argueing Constructive Criticism has Value, but yet no Recommendtion from Him to us all to check-out Some-More-News or Second-Thought, who's channel are specialized on giving Criticism.

@Richard_Nickerson

Жыл бұрын

Come to America 😂🤣😂🤣

@leeccdoo

Жыл бұрын

Most of the media here in the US is sadly not much better so I know your pain. 😂

@doms.6701

Жыл бұрын

@@nenmaster5218 but you don't need a recommendation to make fair criticism. That's like saying to someone "you should not be getting drunk every night" and your comeback is "well you didn't recommend what I should do every night, so your criticism is invalid". Like, you honestly had that thought then typed it out and at still thought "yup, this is a valid response" I mean, you didn't give any recommendations with you criticism 🤦‍♂️. Yet I'm sure that irony is lost on you

@greggpatterson6475

Жыл бұрын

No thanks haha

I always found peoples obsession with the royal family odd. I remember everyone going crazy during the royal wedding and i was thinking to myself, "Why do people care so much, am i the only one who doesn't give a shit"

@mogznwaz

Жыл бұрын

Why do people cling to religion? Or the Kardashians?

@nameisamine

Жыл бұрын

Billions of people watch the weddings the funerals the new royal baby’s, it’s the ultimate reality show, and it’s been running for a 1000 years 😂

@victorhayden7053

Жыл бұрын

@More Grey The Queen has never comforted me or anyone I know either. I don't feel any national pride when I think of the Royals.. I only feel indifference with a trace of resentment for how they get financially supported by the tax payer.

@firingallcylinders2949

Жыл бұрын

@@mogznwaz I'm religious and don't understand the Monarchy. I believe that my God Creator has the right to be called higher than us, not a monarch through birthright.

@boredcube

Жыл бұрын

@More Grey So what happens when the pro-monarchy voters win the referendum?

So well said...thank you. You sir...have my sincere admiration for eloquently speaking truth to power. I tip MY hat to YOU!!!

Thank you for saying everything that I want to and don't get much chance to.

The Queen described the Boer War in South Africa as a "tragic chapter" in history - but stopped short of apologising for British atrocities during the conflict.

@davidshepherd397

11 ай бұрын

perhaps, but are you suggesting that atrocities weren't committed by the Boers as well. its easy to point fingers one way when it works one's agenda isn't it. I don't defend the British at all, just point out that things are never that nice and easy

@typhlosionproductions5970

7 ай бұрын

@@davidshepherd397your doing a classic whataboutism here

@phillipbotha

3 ай бұрын

​@@davidshepherd397The Boers were not the agressors. Go read your history. They had to defend themselves! The British were cruel, still are. I can hear it in your "voice" Educate yourself!!!

@davidshepherd397

3 ай бұрын

@@phillipbotha While that is true, Both sides used new methods of attack that were brutal, although war is in itself brutal. Being punched first only gives you a reason to punch back, not monkey stomp them.

@misplacedsouthern1236

Ай бұрын

Of course she did. That’s sad!!

Someone check on Alex every now and again to make sure he hasn't been lifted for "criticism of the monarchy".

She won the lottery of birth by sliding out the right birth canal.

@Teddyclaws

10 ай бұрын

I think she was born by C-section, but your point stands

@misplacedsouthern1236

Ай бұрын

Exactly

The best title I’ve seen in a long time

I've always liked your content, Alex...but I must say, this video here, SHOT you upwards beyond description in my eyes. Very well done....not caustic or insulting, but poignant and effective.

@fabiankehrer3645

Жыл бұрын

So much mor of us have to speak out against this injustice.

@nenmaster5218

Жыл бұрын

@@fabiankehrer3645 A whole Video argueing Constructive Criticism has Value, but yet no Recommendtion to check-out Some-More-News or Second-Thought, who's channel are specialized on giving Criticism.

@davidlovesyeshua

Жыл бұрын

@@nenmaster5218 Please stop copy pasting your pointless non-criticism of the video.

Never has a nail been hit more firmly and squarely on the head. Thank you Alex

@Egooist.

Жыл бұрын

... & hopefully it's one more "nail" in the coffin of the (British) monarchy.

@alexrogan6563

Жыл бұрын

Especially at 12:59 when he says 'because _they think_ that's what's expected of them.' Groupthink, in other words. That's at the centre of this whole thing, and for me the centre of this video. Dismantling that powerful influence will take a lot of work and a lot of time, and it can only really be done by those in power, who have a vested interest not to do it. Things are getting better though; very slowly, but they are. Secularism increases slightly with each generation. Mankind will, one day, put his holy books in the 'history' section of his library, though I suspect our current civilisation will collapse and be replaced by another long before that. Possibly several times.

@punkisinthedetails1470

Жыл бұрын

Since the crucifixion you mean?

@nealjroberts4050

Жыл бұрын

Well, except for all the errors he made about the detained protesters in a video that essentially was just a complaint about tv coverage rather than the UK constitution.

@MrPercy112

Жыл бұрын

@appoNo1: wear a nail in your hat, in the hope that it encourages the knocking in, of some sense

I was pro monarchy and this video changed my opinion 😮

@Anna-vu9rz

10 ай бұрын

what about the video changed your mind?

You titled this video well. The House of Windsor could have gone out on a high point. I fear that ship has sailed. The royals appear to be fighting their way to the gutter.

Bravo. Good to hear this and to hear it so well articulated. I say that as some of my attempts to make some of the points you make after the queens death weren’t as well articulated and thereby giving people ammunition to go absolutely nuts at me. The mass fawning and mourning literally made me a combination of angry and nauseous at the same time Appreciate you saying what you say here.

Your video has taught me a great deal. As an American, I thought that the monarchy was purely symbolic. I did admire Queen Elizabeth because she seemed to take her role seriously. It has always disturbed me though that the wealth and jewels that were taken from conquered nations were not only kept, but shown off. I had no idea though that they were COMPLETELY TAX EXEMPT AND COULD NOT BE CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME!? I also had no idea that peaceful protesters were arrested and charged! This is unacceptable! Thank you for opening my eyes.

@timmanning5206

Жыл бұрын

I believe it is only the monarch that cannot be charged with most crimes. That said the money protects them as it does the most wealthy in the world. For example, Andrew, the paedophile who paid £12m to someone he doesn't know and never raped

@tracesprite6078

Жыл бұрын

They have to pay some tax. The Queen objected a lot when this was introduced but the law insisted. However I think they hide money in tax havens to avoid some tax.

@drunkslut2355

Жыл бұрын

@@tracesprite6078 that’s not true she offered to pay tax before the government asked her to pay it and she had been paying it for a few years before it was announced after the fire at windsor in 1992. I’m not being funny but why do you feel the need to comment on things u don’t know about?

@Afnan_Taher

Жыл бұрын

The parliament earns more money from the British Monarch

@mortdewerewolfe691

Жыл бұрын

Prosecutions are done in the Queen's/King's name, Elizabeth and Elizabeth/ Charles and Charles has an odd ring to it. OTOH Parliament can pass an act removing a sitting monarch (and has done so at least five times since 1649)

It was the perfect time to ask the question... and we should keep asking that question again and again.

Bravo! You are a great man!

The queen is often said to be remarkable. Here are her skills: Listening with empathy. Reading govt papers. Providing advice to ministers. Opening new facilities, like buildings. Smiling and waving. Any capable bureaucrat could do this. Remarkable.

@yuriyu123

Жыл бұрын

Colonialists: but she za Queen; shot up pleb! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@davidhunternyc1

Жыл бұрын

Yahoo! I can do that too! I don’t even need a $5 billion crown to do it. A crown from Burger King would suffice. Where do I sign up?

@rewe3536

Жыл бұрын

Nah. She did something no bureaucrat can. She left everyone alone and didn't fuck up everyone's lives.

@honk813

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately capable bureaucrats are a rarity these days

@davidhunternyc1

Жыл бұрын

@@honk813 ... an oxymoron. 😆

"...performative grief..." Exactly the phrase. You will feel grief on cue and you will be happy about it.

Same here in aus, all the entire news for 3 weeks was about the monarchy, so infuriating

I'm from Brazil, where our own royal family are "royal" in name only, and have no access to taxpayer money at all, and only really have certain tax benefits in a specific city, which was built by Emperor Pedro in the 19th Century. In the past I believed Britain would adopt a similar system, but I guess I was wrong.

Someone had to say it, you said it far more eloquently than I would. Thanks for the continued content!

@mantaseimutis9364

Жыл бұрын

'God doesnt exist, therefore monarchy does not'. Nice play of logic. Long live the King!

When I was 13 I did an exchange in britain and I dared to question the monarchy - I did not even say anything "radical" - I did not expect that degree of backlash I got from my exchange partners dad - it was crazy ...

@rotwire8994

Жыл бұрын

yeah there's a large chunk of us who are really bitter about the monarchy, im not really but everyone I know that's my age really doesn't like the monarchy

@brickmatt6776

Жыл бұрын

A lot of the... elder generations can be like that

@rhalfik

Жыл бұрын

Maybe his ambition is to be a peasant.

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The day Elizabeth died I had been checking my phone every fifteen minutes after I saw she was ill. I wanted the memory of finding out she had died while sitting on my own throne, as it were.

As a Canadian who has had to sing "God Save The Queen", pay with money with her portrait on it, and wade through all the B.S. since her passing....thank you Alex! Bravo!

@asherloat8570

Жыл бұрын

It's funny, I'm from the UK and have never had to sing that. Most British people don't even know anything past the first verse

@manitobuckles

Жыл бұрын

@@asherloat8570 it was mandatory for me in the early 1980s, when I was in Elementary School.

@Akira625

Жыл бұрын

Looks like you'll be getting new money soon, but with Chuck's face on it.

@LisaAnn777

Жыл бұрын

I'm American and I say f*** the monarchy! 🇺🇸🦅

@manitobuckles

Жыл бұрын

@@Akira625 LOL Can't wait! 🙄

Well done, you successfully put into words all the thing that I was immensely uncomfortable with over the last few weeks. I just couldn't verbalise it to the point that made sense to anyone!

@tk-6967

Жыл бұрын

Last few weeks? It was barely over a week, 10 days is literally a week and an extra weekend

@richyrich6099

Жыл бұрын

@@tk-6967 So how long should we mourn the passing of a 97 year old woman none of us even knew? Another week? Two weeks? Seriously, the whole debacle is absurd.

@justmegawatt

Жыл бұрын

@@tk-6967 She died on September 8th, this video was uploaded on September 24th, this comment you are replying to was posted today on September 27th. What "10 days" or "barely over a week" are you talking about?

@tk-6967

Жыл бұрын

@@justmegawatt 10 days was the period of mourning. During that time the news coverage in Britain was focused on the Royal stuff happening all over the nation. After the funeral it ended.

@jamesthompson7138

Жыл бұрын

@@tk-6967 I could not give 2 fks about anyone in the monarchy. They are people, that’s it. They like taking care of pedos lol

Great video, completely agree

This video unexpectedly made me proud to be an American. The slide toward monarchy is never far away though, as per our "royal" political families.

@ananda_miaoyin

10 ай бұрын

At least we don't have people who are officially above the law. Or people who are "ordained by God" the divine right to rule. Fuck that.

@salamantics

10 ай бұрын

@@ananda_miaoyinexactly. That’s part of our national idealism, no one is above the law. Except of course for politicians and the wealthy elite, they sometimes get away with it.

@seanthestewart

6 ай бұрын

I don't know mate, as bad as the monarchy is I would still rather be a pom than a yank.

@Tyrannosaurus_rex.

4 ай бұрын

​@@ananda_miaoyinthe thing is, they don't rule anybody, they can't tell you what to do.

@Katyloveheart

3 ай бұрын

Project 2025 is coming for you Americans

As an American, what shocked me most was how many of my fellow countrymen fawned all over this. I thought over here we understood that even if it's completely symbolic, the concept of monarchy is utterly backwards for the purported values of the modern western world.

@jeffreyhearn8930

Жыл бұрын

Idiot...

@woodygilson3465

Жыл бұрын

Abdication Syndrome.

@jackwaycombe

Жыл бұрын

American fawning before UK royalty has always astonished me. Given I've always assumed it's what the USA fought so hard to escape all those years ago. A great pity we didn't do the same on this side of the pond.

@paulross6727

Жыл бұрын

Watch the coronation tomorrow 6th, tens of millions from all walks of life and all political views coming together in a show of unity an elected head of sate could only dream off.

@Uio3eva

Жыл бұрын

@@paulross6727 it’s something you can’t support if you think critically about it for even a second. Problem is that’s exactly what the media and government condition people not to do

The one that's baffled me is the whole Philip and Holly fiasco For anyone not from the UK: two morning TV hosts from ITV, like other members of the press, were able to skip the queues to gawk at the queen's corpse. For some reason completely unfathomable to me, this has caused a massive uproar with the British public, with a petition of over 500,000 people asking ITV to fire the pair from their show. The part that stands out the most to me was a Facebook comment I saw attacking them, bemoaning how shocking and cruel it was that she had to wait in a 17 hour long queue with her dear 80 year old mother and they just got to skip the queues... ... I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're the kind of idiot who will stand in a queue for 17 hours in the cold with an 80 year old woman just so you can say that you've seen the coffin of a woman whom you've never met, I've lost all sympathy for you

@deeemess

Жыл бұрын

"For some reason completely unfathomable to me, this has caused a massive uproar with the British public" - ah, but you see, jumping The Queue was fundamentally unfair and a clear example of the rights and privileges of some being overshadowed by those of others, and the British public simply wouldn't stand for that.

@chomskysarmy3965

Жыл бұрын

@@deeemess Yeah, the irony is hilarious and completely lost on the empty headed sychophants.

@AWildBard

Жыл бұрын

Great anecdote. They worship the highest aristocrat but pretend that they are offended by the reality of aristocracy. They get to jump the queue because they literally have a higher status, but yet the angry people don't recognize that they are propping up the aristocracy by valuing it. Yes that includes celebrities and wealthy people.

@LukeSumIpsePatremTe

Жыл бұрын

Waiting in a line can be an experience in itself. I wouldn't do it, but clearly some people will. And they rarely regret it.

@fpcoleman57

Жыл бұрын

There was also the woman and her 86 year old father who were soaked to the skin throughout the first night in the queue. I wouldn't be surprised if he caught pneumonia and is now deceased.

You my dear man hit the nail on the head I admire you.

I went to a British school in Mexico from kindergarten to what Americans call high school. Everywhere they were portraits of the queen, and she had been a monarch since before I was born. And even though we did sing, God, save the Queen at school gatherings, I always did wonder, as an American, what the whole thing was about. QE2 was OK, but Chucky3 is really not quite up to snuff. The coronation was kitsch, and all the trappings of monarchic majesty now seem like some kind of Disneyland. To everything there is a season. Now is the time to put an end to this anachronistic and ridiculous institution.

We mock North Korea for doing the exact same thing the brits are doing for the queen

@cantatanoir6850

Жыл бұрын

North Korea is absolute monarchy

@creativeusername3408

Жыл бұрын

@@cantatanoir6850They have an elected government that makes decisions and can be overruled by the reigning ‘monarch’. It’s the same as Britain

@cantatanoir6850

Жыл бұрын

@@creativeusername3408 the UK is a constitutional monarchy. NK technically is an absolute monarchy.

@TristanBanks

Жыл бұрын

​@CantataNoir politically they are distinct of course. I think what this comment is talking about is the fevered worship of said monarch. Its similar between NK and the UK.

@Dan-zc3ou

Жыл бұрын

@@TristanBanks Yeah, that

Consider the fact that any royalty could call anyone else "your lowness" and you'll quickly recognize how ridiculous it is to call anyone your highness today. Living in another monarchy (Sweden) I am very irritated that my tax dollars goes supports one family's ability to live jet set lives with literally no obligations. Yes, we have a few princess, princesses etc. that do nothing to earn their titles. We do have a royal house that does do some charity work and I'm happy that they at least do that. I also am completely fine with some of the beuraucracy around it that I pay towards which keeps castles and such in shape and so on. It's all the other millions that goes to pay for champagne and luxury cars that the king can then seemingly break the law at will with that bugs me. I would be completely fine with having an "office" of kingship etc. that came with real responsibilities and a rational sallary. At least Sweden has made its monarchy completely separate from government in any real sense. It is quite literally a show for the galleries. It is not worth what we pay for it though.

@jeffreyhearn8930

Жыл бұрын

Idiot...

@davidshepherd397

11 ай бұрын

Yet elected buffoons round the globe waste tax money and spend way too much on themselves, and we know that certain political elite think they are the rulers and not the servants of the people

@LeBiggles

11 ай бұрын

As a Belgian living in another monarchy I would like to add that in a country like mine and the UK the monarchy unifies parts of the country symbolically. Like Flanders and Wallonia or Scotland, England and Wales. Also I prefer having a stable decent monarch instead of a string of shit prime ministers. I do agree though that you should be able to freely criticise it, but hate speech is somehow a thing in the law. Also not going to lie I hate modern politics for a multitude of reasons. I also study history if that gives me a bias. Ps. I'm also half thai and it does pain me I'm not openly allowed to criticise the m there in public and online on pain of life imprisonment.

@aruin4069

11 ай бұрын

@@LeBiggles But if those people do not want to be unified under one government/crown what then, as a Scottish person, I and many others am completely against the monarchy, they are not held accountable for their actions in any way shape or form and they get to ignore all the suffering many endure, often partially because of them, just because they were born into a specific family. (Not to mention the incest which is completely and utterly gross).

Great video

I find it mind-boggling that in this day and age, monarchies still exist. But then again, I'm french, we did away with that rubbish a long time ago.

@Fordnan

11 ай бұрын

Ha ha! The monarchists here would have us believe you live in the deepest regret! How have your culture, economy and history been affected by your abolition of your monarchy? Do you suffer from a lack of tourists?

@Ariapeithes_

4 ай бұрын

You're weenie that's why with connection to British history.

Thank you Alex for the amazing video. As a non British person living in the UK, it was so bizarre to watch a 24h queue formed to see someone’s coffin. What is so strange about it is how the royals are treated as a tourist attraction, they look more like a private brand than a political institution.

@archiebald4717

Жыл бұрын

The Monarchy is not treated as a tourist atraction at all. Rather the opposite.

@punkisinthedetails1470

Жыл бұрын

"'cause tourists are money"

@CreativeCache101

Жыл бұрын

They are a tourist attraction, that's why they'reworth keeping, they bring in good money

@blackalien6873

Жыл бұрын

@@CreativeCache101 Marie Antoinette and the 90 million tourists who visit France each year, say hi!

@vandpiben

Жыл бұрын

'religion' is a modern word for politics in the past. In the future politics might be the new "religion".

I'm currently a student (in the UK) and was talking with my friends about the queen. not really by choice, to be honest. we were just in the pub but all the TVs had the news on which was constantly talking about her, and we were kind of fed up with it. im sure that there are people who are genuinely saddened by this. it just feels like the media is being very picky about what random people they show. everyone ive talked to either doesnt care or is actively against the monarchy. i have the same opinion i have about a lot of things these days. it sucks, itd be nice if it changed, but i honestly dont see it changing anytime soon so i get on with my life and try not to be constantly depressed about how fucked the world is.

@hayzaaay

Жыл бұрын

this country is packed full of weasels like you, hate it but continue to move here

@nicksteini

Жыл бұрын

What changes in the world would solve your depressed state?

@bobbiesterling574

Жыл бұрын

​@@nicksteini who knows? i feel like every time i look at news theres another problem with the world. i will say i am quite fed up with the way big companies seem to get away with so much. how they only seem to get slaps on the wrist with (relatively) small fines, how theyre constantly trying to collect more data about me, how im constantly being advertised to, how everythings a subscription these days. i am just constantly reminded that they can basically do whatever they want and people will continue to give them money.

@nicksteini

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbiesterling574 So if I understand correctly, you’re saying that if big companies were to get fined more heavily, stop collecting you’re data, stop advertising to you, and stop offering subscriptions, then you‘d be happier?

@RightTurnClyde

Жыл бұрын

Nope. The Monarchy will endure. And this is why - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGeEucSjqKnUlZc.html

Even before seeing the video, I 100% agree

i was so chocked to see that other man saying that the Queen's funeral would be the most important thing the WORLD would ever see, like (????????????) Do he even know how people see monarchy outside of UK? Cause here, in Brazil, people were happy she died. She was involved in a LOT of bad things (in portuguese, we say that she was involved in a lot of "falcatruas") around the whole world. I bet that lots of countries and citizens were cheering her death. Especially the countries she made colonies.

Alex, You have just put my thoughts into words so much more eloquently than I ever could.

@abparker9971

Жыл бұрын

Anyone who hates the Queen should remember we have a democracy, and we as a majority love the Queen. So if you hate it, you can leave.

@malcolmwheale4299

Жыл бұрын

@@abparker9971 Neither Alex nor myself have said that we hate the queen. Quite the opposite Alex (and I agree with him) has expressed admiration for her as a person .It is the institution of the monarchy and all that it stands for that we object to. You are ,of course, free to disagree with me but your apparent belief that if I disagree with you I should leave the country is just reinforcing the points made in the video.

@nenmaster5218

Жыл бұрын

​@@malcolmwheale4299 Video is argueing Constructive Criticism has Value, but yet no Recommendtion from Him to us all to check-out Some-More-News or Second-Thought, who's channel are specialized on giving Criticism.

@RightTurnClyde

Жыл бұрын

Sorry. The Monarchy will endure. And this is why - kzread.info/dash/bejne/dGeEucSjqKnUlZc.html

The monarchic death was a kind of wake up to me. I probably wouldnt have given it a second thought (i dont live in the uk) except that people mentioned it and said sorry to me, when I said I was English. But what really made me think something along the lines of 'its kinda sad because she was the one unchanging thing in a long time of change', was when I checked youtube. It basically informed how I should think about it, and infected me with that thought. I realised that I was basically being informed how to think by KZread. Like I was waiting to think until mass culture told me how to think. Anyway I am trying to use YT as little as possible now. Subbed to your channel as a final gesture, because its rational thinkers like yourself who deserve to occupy any 'thought informing' space there is. Not people crying about the queen dying.

@carpathianhermit7228

Жыл бұрын

It's pathetic really people worship things they hardly know anything about.

@carpathianhermit7228

Жыл бұрын

Just because someone or some org is feeding you a narrative, why do you feel the pressure to conform to it. Do your own research, come to your own conclusions and have humility in knowing most in what you know could be deeply wrong. All I'm saying for example is there were more than one child abuser in that family. Why do you think Jimmy Saville was protected until his death?

@carpathianhermit7228

Жыл бұрын

I think your algorithm sucks.

@landmerry_6742

Жыл бұрын

Believe me, you weren't. More because she really *was* around for a long time. I live in China and usually a portion of people are fast to criticize anything the West does... but everyone respected the queen when she died. It's just what you get for being the symbol of a country for so long.

@rasenbarrasenball9775

Жыл бұрын

you're clever. congratulations.

You have a mellifluous voice dude. I've only just started watching, but wow! Do you do voice over work or acting?

as an irishman i find this really entertaining

@Fordnan

10 ай бұрын

Bastard 😂

I've lived in Britain my entire life, coming from a long line of British ancestors and have never understood the whole Monarchy thing. Growing up I had this understanding that we had a Queen, along with her children and grandchildren ruling the country but once I got over the age of 8 I always felt such an uncaring indifference to them. I've never really thought too much about them, I see them as a family of strangers that just so happen to have wealth and status for "some" reason. I don't see them as higher than any of us. I have the same amount of respect for them as I do for the family down the road from me. I understand monarchies had more significance in the past as they had far more power over the people and politics; however, in this day and age, it feels like they serve no other purpose than for royal themed tourism and gossip in newspapers.

@SMAB2007

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the past is the past, why can't they fade away into history books like the rest of it did?

@jeffreyhearn8930

Жыл бұрын

Idiot...

@Pushing_Pixels

Жыл бұрын

They do still wield political influence, even if their powers are curtailed.

@johnnotrealname8168

Жыл бұрын

@@SMAB2007 That is not an argument. They are as valid as a republic.

@ernestwinston8851

Жыл бұрын

@@SMAB2007 Because some Britons are obsessed with nostalgia for the Empire, when they were the most special and important country in the world. The monarchy and the Tories are symbols of the old Britain, hence they endure despite obviously being bad for everyone. Hence Brexit being sold as a revival of British sovereignty, of British specialness, as the patriotic choice.