Having watched the coronation of King Charles III not long ago, which frankly was shocking in its kitschy religiousness and repeated suggestions that Charles is not only divinely ordained but also bears any resemblance whatsoever to Jesus Christ, I decided to watch The Crown. The coronation ceremony itself seemed incredibly strange and cultlike to me, and now that I have watched the first five seasons of The Crown, I am prepared unequivocally to assert that in fact British monarchy is a cult. The Royals serve absolutely no function and are akin to furniture which no one is allowed to sit in. Or, as Charles the character (played by Dominic West) laments, "an ornament gathering dust".
What becomes undeniable throughout the course of this lengthy depiction of the British monarchy in the twentieth century is the degree to which all parties involved spend nearly all of their time and energy and talents on preserving the monarchy for the sole purpose of protecting their positions. They care about public opinion only insofar as it might threaten the monarchy itself.
In this way, the British monarchy is very similar to the CIA (caustic incompetence agency) in the United States, which spends obscene amounts of resources on justifying its existence and persuading politicians that it should continue to be funded despite having accomplished nothing worthwhile and having directly caused crisis after crisis throughout the second half of the twentieth century.
Both institutions, the British monarchy and the CIA, should be abolished.
What becomes undeniable throughout the course of this lengthy depiction of the British monarchy in the twentieth century is the degree to which all parties involved spend nearly all of their time and energy and talents on preserving the monarchy for the sole purpose of protecting their positions. They care about public opinion only insofar as it might threaten the monarchy itself.
In this way, the British monarchy is very similar to the CIA (caustic incompetence agency) in the United States, which spends obscene amounts of resources on justifying its existence and persuading politicians that it should continue to be funded despite having accomplished nothing worthwhile and having directly caused crisis after crisis throughout the second half of the twentieth century.
Both institutions, the British monarchy and the CIA, should be abolished.