Comments by "Curious Crow" (@CuriousCrow-mp4cx) on "" video.

  1. I think everyone in this thread need to actually spend the time opining less and learning more about the British Constitution. Brit monkey has an excellent 5 video series on the subject that explains how it evolved and how it powered the largest empire in history, and enabled it to draft the written constitution of Germany after World War II. Moreover, doing so will force you to consider why the Far Right parties in your own countries are now gaining power there even though you all have written constitutions. At least then you might then consider the history of democracy, and how even such a humanistic idea has very young and shallow roots everywhere. Look at how vulnerable it is. Then you will not only better understand the strengths and weakness of Constitutions, but the threats and opportunities involved in each, and to democracy itself. I know this approach might feel unduly boring and sanctimonious, but I feel you're missing the elephant in the room: the far right are growing strength and influence everywhere, and people feel less trusting of democracy. How did that happen? And Qui bono? Who benefits from that? Especially as there are interests spending huge amounts of money funding bot farms churning out a morass of white noise designed to stop people actually thinking about things seriously. But hey, that's the internet right? Remember, they don't want you to be curious, do they? That's why they put AI to do your thinking for you, right?
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  2. It didn't try to avoid dealings with the EU. It had repeatedly tried to join after burning bridges with the Commonwealth by going back on its promise to support Black majority rule in Africa. That scuppered the UK's initial plan which was to form its own trade bloc with the Commonwealth. It would have been even bigger than the EU. But Harold Wilson's decision not to send British troops to Rhodesia to enforce Black majority rule turned the Commonwealth away. Then the UK had no choice but to renew it's pursuit of EEC membership, because it was facing economic decline without it. So, decisions made back in the middle of the 20th century have consequences in the present. Simply, the UK establishment have found it difficult to adapt to the erosion of their power and influence, because the change was quick and speedy enough to leave its institutions scrambling for a new framework. After all, the effort of centuries of Empire building had collapsed in 30 years, and their position in the world was precarious, which they had not seen coming. And arguably today, that issue is still creating problems now, because they still exhibit the loss of self-esteem caused by the loss of power. It's upper classes still want to think of themselves as inheritors of greatness and wealth, but are mostly shallow and venal. They don't realise the real job at hand is not playing faux aristocrats or being educated as if they were, but getting to grip with the realities at hand, and empowering their country and it's people so it can prosper, and not just themselves. In short, doing right by their people. And that means being honest as much as possible about the position the country is in. We've been so used to having smoke blown up our assets to win votes, that a lot of people are oblivious to the real issues. And so the reeducation of Brittania ends up being in the School of Hard Knocks as Reality keeps putting the boot in. We cannot prosper by cannibalising our people or the past. We need to do things differently.
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