How much is Queen E to blame for Britain's colonism, really?

[Anonymous]

Seems like she was just in a line of monarchs after the fact, with many situations changing in the last 70 years anyway. She had no actual power, colonized nothing, etc. They are a show family, they don't actually reign, just a lot of pageantry.

Why all the targeted hate towards her?

[Anonymous]

Because she and the royal family continue to benefit immensely from colonization. Not only is England still filled with the spoils and treasures of those they colonized, there has been no acknowledgment of the damage done to those colonized. There's been no reckoning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because she and the royal family continue to benefit immensely from colonization. Not only is England still filled with the spoils and treasures of those they colonized, there has been no acknowledgment of the damage done to those colonized. There's been no reckoning.

Ok, I understand the jewels, but the actions were part of the country's doing, and not really her, actually. Shouldn't England address these issues? The monarchy hasn't really had any power in a very long time. She couldn't have made any one decision, and they are supposed to be apolitical.
How is it different than the legacy of Spain, or the US? I think we have a lot of repairing to do.

Not defending the royal family, really- I think they are a massive waste of $$ and attention, and they engage in amazing theatrics based upon a genetic lineage, which makes no sense(!) but it appears the world keeps them in place as they really serve little purpose other than for show. The world seems to crave royalty for whatever reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because she and the royal family continue to benefit immensely from colonization. Not only is England still filled with the spoils and treasures of those they colonized, there has been no acknowledgment of the damage done to those colonized. There's been no reckoning.

I think they are supported by the British public, who pays them. Does the British owe the apologies for decisions in the past?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because she and the royal family continue to benefit immensely from colonization. Not only is England still filled with the spoils and treasures of those they colonized, there has been no acknowledgment of the damage done to those colonized. There's been no reckoning.

Ok, I understand the jewels, but the actions were part of the country's doing, and not really her, actually. Shouldn't England address these issues? The monarchy hasn't really had any power in a very long time. She couldn't have made any one decision, and they are supposed to be apolitical.
How is it different than the legacy of Spain, or the US? I think we have a lot of repairing to do.

Not defending the royal family, really- I think they are a massive waste of $$ and attention, and they engage in amazing theatrics based upon a genetic lineage, which makes no sense(!) but it appears the world keeps them in place as they really serve little purpose other than for show. The world seems to crave royalty for whatever reason.

Uh huh.

[Anonymous]

She benefited from it. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The world seems to crave royalty for whatever reason.

There are 193 countries in the world, only 43 of which are some type of monarchy.

Overwhelmingly the world does not crave monarchy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because she and the royal family continue to benefit immensely from colonization. Not only is England still filled with the spoils and treasures of those they colonized, there has been no acknowledgment of the damage done to those colonized. There's been no reckoning.

Ok, I understand the jewels, but the actions were part of the country's doing, and not really her, actually. Shouldn't England address these issues? The monarchy hasn't really had any power in a very long time. She couldn't have made any one decision, and they are supposed to be apolitical.
How is it different than the legacy of Spain, or the US? I think we have a lot of repairing to do.

Not defending the royal family, really- I think they are a massive waste of $$ and attention, and they engage in amazing theatrics based upon a genetic lineage, which makes no sense(!) but it appears the world keeps them in place as they really serve little purpose other than for show. The world seems to crave royalty for whatever reason.

Uh huh.

What? I really think the world keeps them in the palace, otherwise what purpose do they serve? No, I never understood why they still have all this . But then, we do not and elevate celebrities instead. I just don't understand the targeted criticism, regarding colonization, of the queen after her death, when she literally had no power. Target the country. You can criticize their wealth, their family dynamics, all kinds of BS, but this is quite a stretch to target her for Africa, India, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She benefited from it. Period.

And president Biden benefited from our history of slavery.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious about this. The question is, what could she have done differently...that is unique to her position?

She could have used her position to speak out about colonialism early and often. But so could any other high profile Brit over the past 70 years. Do we hold them all equally accountable for colonialism?

Did she have any authority to "release" colonies?
Did she have control over the money/valuables? I know the crown "owns" a lot of it. But could she have just....given it back herself?

I genuinely do not know.

[Anonymous]

It’s like blaming the Kennedys or the Kardashians for Iraq and Afghanistan when you really should blame Dick Cheney and the Beltway bandits.

[Anonymous]

Why single out the British? The Dutch, Belgians, Spanish and Portugese also committed many horrors during their colonial days.

[Anonymous]

I think the way they continue to go on tours of these places and expecting the royal treatment is then saying they are ok with what happened in the past.

[Anonymous]

Because Americans are engaging in over the top shows of mourning and sadness about England’s queen, not those otber countries.

I hesitate to waste energy posting because Jeff deleted many posts about this topic because of some 48 hour rule which prohibits any negative comments after a death (not clear if this rule applies to the death of terrorists and criminals?).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She benefited from it. Period.

You need to atone for the sins of your ancestors as well. Period.
We know you won’t.