Who owns Parliament?

It might be nice for Parliament to own their own building but England more generally has a real problem where normal humans have a hard time owning the property their homes are built on, with all sorts of fun fun fun fun fun ground-rent renewal politics. Reforming those is more impactful and urgent.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

aftbit wrote: post #3

Super interesting article but nearly unreadable font for me.

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Post by kcartlidge » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

Here in the UK we're one day into a two day extra 'bank holiday' for the Queen's jubilee (70 years).

Seems a good time to remind people of great sites like these, places that take the time to gather the evidence that reveals the truth behind royalty - descendants of thieves and murderers still profiting off the proceeds of their ancestral crimes, with their only 'qualification' being an accident of birth.

We've never been a democracy. And we never will be as long as we have an aristocracy and a royalty with priviledges and titles both unearned and undeserved.

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Post by bsedlm » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 5:17 PM UTC

kcartlidge wrote: post #6

Here in the UK we're one day into a two day extra 'bank holiday' for the Queen's jubilee (70 years). Seems a good time to remind people of great sites like these, places that take the time to gather the evidence that reveals the truth behind royalty - descendants of thieves and murderers still profiting off the proceeds of their ancestral crimes, with their only 'qualification' being an accident of birth . We've neve…

I'd argue that while the current generation of nobles may in fact have done nothing much to earn them, they do have ancestors that fought bitterly, and in some cases quite sleazily, to earn and keep their privilege.

the idea that "all men are equal" is not really true in Europe. And it's only supposedly true in America

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Post by dan-robertson » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 5:19 PM UTC

kcartlidge wrote: post #6

Here in the UK we're one day into a two day extra 'bank holiday' for the Queen's jubilee (70 years). Seems a good time to remind people of great sites like these, places that take the time to gather the evidence that reveals the truth behind royalty - descendants of thieves and murderers still profiting off the proceeds of their ancestral crimes, with their only 'qualification' being an accident of birth . We've neve…

Today is a regular bank holiday. Only the Friday bank holiday is extra.

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Post by goatcode » Thu, Jun 02, 2022, 5:20 PM UTC

kcartlidge wrote: post #6

Here in the UK we're one day into a two day extra 'bank holiday' for the Queen's jubilee (70 years). Seems a good time to remind people of great sites like these, places that take the time to gather the evidence that reveals the truth behind royalty - descendants of thieves and murderers still profiting off the proceeds of their ancestral crimes, with their only 'qualification' being an accident of birth . We've neve…

The longer you live, the more you realize Thrasymachus was right. There is no order except for what the generations forget that their ancestors pretended was order, alongside the peace you build and maintain with your next-door neighbors.