Subj : Re: Thursday night
To   : boraxman
From : Spectre
Date : Sat Sep 24 2022 20:01:00

 bo> Correct.  The amount of executive power the Queen has is not as relevent

Well it is relevant, and it is to all intents and purposes none.  Sure they
has a rubber stamp or seal of some description that requires use every now
and then.  But if something passes parliament its a given it will pass the
crown.

 bo> means they do have political power, if we define political power as the
 bo> ability to influence politics.

The crowns stated objective for the ruling monarch is to stay out of
politics. Not to engage in debate for better or worse.  Sure Chuck used to
trot out his really weird stuffand push a barrow... but only in the capacity
as prince, not king (so far) and that makes the crown inherently neutral.
Essentially it backs the winner.

 bo> Discounting people who have no 'official' power as having no power is a
 bo> fatal mistake.  Our world is shaped by such people.  Random BLM activists
 bo> have no power, yet they are to some degree influencing corporate ethics.
 bo> The company I work for is shaping their policy based on the musings of
 bo> internet bloggers, as are many other companies.  This is political power.

That is the blind leading the blind, or the sheep being led by a goat, pick
your metaphor.  That is imho a bunch of morons listening to idiots and sooner
or later all that schnitzengruben will come to a screaming halt and
everything that it touches turns to the aforementioned schnitzengruben.

 bo> bow to other pressures.  The President of the United States himself can be
 bo> cut off from communication on the whims of some execs at Twitter.  The
 bo> media will frame arguments in ways which make people take one or another
 bo> particular stance on an issue.

If the orange alien dude is doing the wrong thing, he's not above reproach...
just like people keep calling out Prince Andrew.  If you're going to use a
thing, you need to run with that things rules or find another platform.

The media on the other hand, are in corporate pockets for the most part these
days. Can't write anything bad about anything in particular in case you lose
advertising dollars. Unless something is so far gone its indefensible.  Thats
got nothing to do with executive power, or lack of, thats about spin.  People
don't but if you're going to take one source as gospel these days you're
already a lost cause.

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
 * Origin: Good Luck and drive offensively! (21:3/101)

.