And I watched a video yesterday that perfectly encapsulated everything that is wrong with Britain. The whole thing. A lifetime of systemic failure, of grotesque inequality, of ruling-class contempt disguised as concern, all of it distilled into a single glittering, nauseating image.
There he was. King Charles III. Dressed in his finest robes, the Imperial State Crown on his head (this is a solid gold construction studded with 2,868 diamonds, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, 269 pearls, and four rubies). The Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross contains the largest clear-cut diamond in the world, weighing in at 530 carats…was present but not in the shot. The crown jewels are estimated to be worth up to $8 billion in total. And this man, wearing a hat that could solve homelessness in London, who holds a stick that could fund the NHS for a year, draped in robes worth more than most people will earn in a thousand lifetimes, was telling the British people to ‘weather the storm’ of the cost of living crisis.
Crosspost from https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11612563
How would the hat solve homeless? You would need to find an 8 billion dollar buyer, probably from overseas, to buy that hat, then use so the cash to find programs and housing construction. It would say best, help people for a year before the money ran out. Then what? Key selling assets to foreign countries?
You asked how it would solve the homeless problem, then you answer your own question. Eight billion could buy a lot of housing. When the money runs out, the housing remains! It’s crazy. There are many other treasures and the best property in the UK besides. What for?
Why would you defend the extravagantly wealthy royal family? They won’t return the favor for you, you’re not in their club. They provide you with absolutely nothing and are parasites of the UK.
They’re an embarrassment, even more decrepit and almost as predatory as the USA.
The crown is made with valuables looted from foreign countries so those get returned. The real solution to a housing crisis is to sieze the royal assets and redistribute them to agencies that aid with housing placement. I’m sure you could turn the palaces and castles into massive apartments.