The Archivist
11 September 2022 · 20:56 UTC

Ponder that somebody reigns for 70 years, and we know pretty much nothing about her, as a person. Nothing…

Ponder that somebody reigns for 70 years, and we know pretty much nothing about her, as a person. Nothing about her beliefs or opinions. She served a collectively-defined role, an institution. Now imagine current leaders did the same with Covid or climate change, putting…/1 https://t.co/Qan8QK3On0
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Post 2 of 3 · 11 September 2022 · 20:56 UTC
…aside all personal belief in favour of performing the role we have collectively defined for them. Being the apex of the public health and environmental health pyramids we invented generations ago. Doing their duty, to carry out the work of these institutions. /2
Post 3 of 3 · 11 September 2022 · 20:56 UTC
Don’t be so quick to ‘ffs’ this Royal event. It represents a history and society we’ve lost and the replacement of which is now killing us in the millions. Where we now know the infinite excruciating details of everybody’s personal life, but nobody does their public duty. /end

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