It's been another hot day in London, but I hear the cold weather is on the way, it's in Scotland and Brighton. It's all well and good, just as it should be. We now head into the jubilee weekend, where a society with egalitarian views genuflects to baseless, irrelevant blue blooded persons. Who are treated as if the sun shines out of their posteriors. What they have done for me I don't know, but they do make old people happy, and children so young they haven't yet formed their own independent ideas but love the sight of bunting.
I'll lay down an argument: someone by result of hereditary luck is a not better or worse individual than someone of who doesn't have the same fortune. Firstly all human beings have similar genes, so similar we can interbreed with each other regardless of ethnicity, religion or eye colour. Secondly every human being breaths air, eats food and craps. Thirdly there is no such thing as royal blood or blue blood or purple blood, all blood is red. Fourthly, if we are physically the same or overwhelmingly similar as to have negligent dissimilarities there can be no place for any hegemonic belief in society. For such a belief would be tantamount to racism and eugenics. Consequently the good fortune of birth can not be down to genetic, physical, emotional, intellectual or psychological advantages at all. It is nothing more than a perpetuation of a class system. There is however two other advantages which come in part with the belief of the many. One is money. Being wealthy means private tuition, great connections and a guaranteed future career for family members providing they always keep it in the family. Royals like to marry other royal connections. Except for Edward and Mrs Simpson being the obvious example of not keeping it in the family, and of true love. Secondly is the perception by the masses these few people are different and better consequently leading to the bow, curtsy and any other supplicating shows of great deference. The reality is not deference to the status of hereditary position but rather with hereditary good fortune and wealth and power. Both their fortunes and powers gained by taking from the masses no other reason. The poor stay poor and lick the boots of royalty. Therefore any hegemonic belief system is based on racism. Again another example can be seen in the second world war belief of "Great man theory" of leadership, which only went on to produce one catastrophe after another.
There is one argument for royalty, it attracts publicity and attracts tourists. Finances sorely needed in a receding economy However, whenever I have gone on holiday it has been of little consequence to me whether a country had royal rulers or not. The old buildings would still be old buildings. History would still be history, and beautiful sights would remain the same. Having royalty has no value or little value. However, were there a sudden wave of republicanism in the UK and the government then changed to boot out every royal person from their comfy seats on to unemployment benefit JSA for those in the know, this would bring publicity and tourism. It would show how the UK really does believe in equality no matter who the individual was. We can then wonder how the various persons will carry on the rest of their lives. I'm sure their family issues would be little different from anyone else. In fact it is high time someone spilled the beans on them and bought them down to earth. For you can be sure there are prejudices and opinions held by various royals which would be pretty much offensive in the most liberal of societies. What an enlightening experience it would be to have an inside view of what goes on? Then perhaps we'd find out they are just as boring and ignorant as the next person.
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