Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Meet America's Political Oligarchs | Meet The Press Reports" video.

  1. As an Australian I do understand your sentiment and we are having serious public discussions here right now about our future, but the British Royal family is not even close to a fraction of 1% of the problem. Do they represent a part of the problem? Absolutely and that's a significant part of our discussions - hereditary entitlement. Don't forget the British Crown was clipped of a lot of its entitlement with the Magna Carta. Yeah for centuries people claimed to do things in the name of the crown, which a major talking point here in Oz right now, but the actual King or Queen had NOTHING to do with any of it other than sign stuff they were told by the British Parliament to sign. If you have a look at it the Magna Carta is lauded as this "landmark of rights" document and it actually wasn't. It was this landmark "we the aristocracy shall have the real power while you the clown with the crown shall sign for everything." The current oligarchs are just an updated version of the old feudal aristocrats. Look at Trump and his kids. they are perfect examples of hereditary wealth and entitlement. Also, in case you missed it, during the last time Australia had the discussion Charles actually said that the rest of the commonwealth needed to grow up. He wasn't blunt about it, but tactfully said something like "reaching maturity" or "now that you are mature nations you should reconsider your positions."
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  2.  @jeffc1347  Mate, come to Australia and see how satirical it is that a 1/2 the country still lives in the 18th century where we owe allegiance to the crown!!!! If you ask me if Britain an important trading and security partner? You can ask the exact same question about Australia & America. Both times the answer is ABSOLUTELY, but they key word is "partner" not colony or subjects. Too many Australian's don't get that.
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