How might King Charles III move the British Monarchy beyond post-colonialism and re-invent itself to serve the people and the planet?
Rick Botelho
Unite Equity Muses | Cultivate equity meta-governance: co-design and build an equitable, sustainable and regenerative future
Queen Elizabeth II was a beloved, virtuous, respected and idolized world leader for her self-sacrificing service to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and beyond.
QEII was also a boring, apolitical and stoic symbol of attentive equanimity with the stiff upper lip of expressionless empathy. She was a comforting touch stone of false and enabling reassurance in a rapidly changing, chaotic, disintegrating-ADD world.
QEII had a non-competent leadership style that was disabled from playing a significant role in saving the world from its self-destructive, dystopian trajectory toward an increasingly fragile, perilous and inequitable future. QEII was a pleasant witness to our humanitarian and planetary demise.
QEII never made any mistakes on par with Marie Antoinette's alleged and insensitive remark: "Let them eat cake." The Royal Family has mastered the charming ceremonial arts of public pageantry to endear the vast majority of British people.
The British Monarchy symbolizes the last postcolonial bastion of white privileged elitism.
Popularity does not justify the classism of vast hereditary wealth. These statements are neither pro nor anti royalty, but the mourning and celebratory phase of QEII's life and death sets a timely stage for asking pertinent BHAQs (big hairy audacious questions) about the inequities of the unfair advantages for the elites and the unfair disadvantages for the working people.
Will King Charles III:
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King Charles III may follow in the sterile footsteps of his mother and replicate the confidential weekly conversations with the prime minister, now Liz Truss.
What if King Charles III:
King Charles could become an equity muse leader that might enable to UK to navigate (and not rule) the waves in new ways.
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Let's start "Scouting for the 21st Century" for k-5 & k-8 families to create local "troops" to get us all to a clean and green future.
2 年3 of 3 - It is my opinion that only the Parliament could "co-design and build an equitable, regenerative and sustainable future to benefit all." The only role the royals might play would be to stay mum or to voluntarily step aside and offer their wealth and properties and voices in the service of whatever transition the elected officials elect to undertake. The King is not a ruler in any sense, so his opinion is only relevant to the extent that it reinforces the work of actual governance. And to top it off King Charles has pledged to stop the environmental activism in which he had so famously been involved. If you ever want to see a "King William" it is best if King Charles follows his mother's example and becomes the consummate diplomat, not choosing sides or ruffling feathers. But if he does become an activist monarch it will be with the fore-knowledge that he might be hastening the end of the monarchy, which is as anachronistic as the empire. The only thing that keeps it alive is the mythology surrounding royalty, and once that curtain is lifted, or ripped away, there is no use for a hereditary "Royal Family," and it might as well be a position that is open to any contender, perhaps through a TV contest.
Let's start "Scouting for the 21st Century" for k-5 & k-8 families to create local "troops" to get us all to a clean and green future.
2 年2 of 3 - The Queen was beloved and retained the support of the people because she stayed above the fray and did not pick winners and losers. The best thing that King Charles can do if the monarchy is to survive is to drop any sort of involvement in politics and become a figurehead in the model of his mother. If he were to become an activist King the portion of the populace who might not agree with his stances would work actively against his reign and would see that the royals are even further emasculated. Here is a link to a map that shows the empire 80 years ago.?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire_in_World_War_II#/media/File:British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_c._1940
Let's start "Scouting for the 21st Century" for k-5 & k-8 families to create local "troops" to get us all to a clean and green future.
2 年1 of 3 - The British Empire has been in decline for the entire 80 years of my life. When I was a boy the Empire included Australia/NZ, Canada, India, most of the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean and all of South and East Africa. Loss of their empire has meant a gradual decline in the availability of raw materials, cheap labor and labor-intensive goods from around the World that had made management of these vast "holdings" the source of the wealth that maintained the crown.?? By helping create the Euro Zone Britain was insuring a role for itself in the future of the commercial World that would make it an equal player to powerhouses that do not have the overhead of an expensive and ostentatious monarchy, like Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Benelux countries. Now the UK is continuing that decline with the Brexit folly and the potential breakup of the four remaining components of the union - Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales. Britain cannot afford a monarch and the approaching "winter without heat or light" will be a catastrophe for their economy which is experiencing an inflation rate of at least 11% and a decline in the value of the pound to the lowest point ever against the dollar.
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2 年Prime Minister Truss is not connected to King Charles III by Royal blood (Ex P. M. Johnson is) so that has to be a start in the right direction. ?? Plus; https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20205421.baroness-amos-given-prestigious-ladyship-queen-garter-day-service/