Subj : Re: Thursday night
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Sep 23 2022 13:00:59

 Sp> As is often the case, I'm not with you on this.  When everything else is
 Sp> in a constant state of flux, having something steady and reliable can
 Sp> something you can rely on.  In her case sure everything changed from
 Sp> 1952, but she remains a steady constant able in most cases to keep the
 Sp> monarchy relatively popular and relevant to the peoples.  Which in this
 Sp> day and age is about all it can do.  It's not like the crown has had any
 Sp> real power since...~1700s somewhere. If they aren't the UK or Britain,
 Sp> they are pretty much its soul, perhaps not so much for the rest of the
 Sp> commonwealth.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec

Things change because people choose to change it that way.  We are told that it is just "change" and there is nothing we can do about it so we don't actually counter what others want to make.

As I mentioned before, to say the crown has no power makes little sense.  That is to say that influence isn't a form of power.  Given how much work people do to gain influence so they can shape the future direction of the world, it seems influence IS power.

The world is shaped by people who have no formal power.  The formalities of power are far less relevant than you think.

The soul of a country is its people, not a single family.  It's defined by its fabric, its constituents, not the logo.

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