Lidia Thorpe is not wrong when Briitish colonialism fucked the world. The British should be held accountable for that. However, this arguement can be made to absolve the Australian government of their fuckery with indigenous people.
Sure, Australia didn't become federate until the early 1900s. However, I would imagine sometime prior to that Australia was acting more or less as an independent country.
For real, though..
...well he's not...
Is anyone gonna talk about the article or just virtue signal about hating monarchy?
I hadn't heard albo wanted to become a republic, that's pretty interesting, but unlikely to materialise into anything because the Australia public almost certainly won't vote for it.
This is par for the course of Lidia Thorpe, she's been very hard to work with, even for other Aboriginal activists. She's a contrarian that's doesn't seem to do much besides complain, just like the commenters on Lemmy.
Bro, this "king" and "queen" bullshit is fucking hilarious. It needs to fucking go away. Why the fuck would anyone be ok with some dude who's never held a job in his life to be his/her "king"? Snow white tale isn't real. Fuck off with this shit, man.
Right? "Here's a family of inbred, pedophile, do nothings. Worship them peasant, and give them your money, for they are better than you. Because reasons."
It's so stupid that we still do this in 2024. I'm a Canadian citizen for 20 years now, and when I took the oath I straight up refused to recite the pledge to the monarchy. The judge actually let it slide.
That's actually awesome that you didn't pledge allegiance to some dude who is not even in your continent.
Then you look at the USA where a large part of the population really wants there to be a King Donald the First.
King D1 would like to confirm all 17 year old female subjects please.
Lmfao. That's actually very fucking true. Fuck this dude
To be fair, this specific royal family serves in the military and does not shy from front line duty. Although they kicked the last one out for marrying a divorced mixed race woman. So there's that too...
So, racists? Lol
A long time ago his clan beat out some other clans so that makes him king.
I'm pretty sure anyone is welcome to challenge his assertion of authority at any time by the same means.
"I am your king." "Well, I didn't vote for you." "You don't vote for kings." "Well, how'd you become king, then?"
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Charles: "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that my ancestor, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king."
Peasant: "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
SHUT! UP!
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
One of the single best lines in all of cinema IMO.
“I had more swords than the other guy”
Mummy gave me the crown and we have too much money for anyone to object.
Forgive the Reddit link, the artist has only posted it there that I can tell.
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