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@mattblaze @mrundkvist Yep, toxic nostalgia for the days of Empire, when our prosperity (unevenly distributed though it was!) derived from pillaging our colonies rather than international trade, cooperation and diplomacy.
Elite domination of our media and entertainment industries also meant that older people were pining for halcyon days that never existed for the vast majority of ordinary people.
@mattblaze The growing anti-monarchist sentiment in this country will likely be a factor here. The stark generational divide in the data is likely to be of grave concern to the King. Support for the monarchy is concentrated among older people (55+), while in the 18 - 34 bracket, polls consistently show a robust majority would prefer a republic.
So the royalists are, in the most literal sense, dying.
@Remittancegirl Do you have a theory as to why so many rich and powerful men sexually predate on children (usually underage girls)? Is it a control thing? Is that why it's so normalised?
I refuse to believe it's men in general. Look at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder, such as the prison population, and few things will put you more at risk than being a convicted paedophile; you're considered the lowest of the low.
