Hi everyone,
So many things around the world are changing so fast, and here's yet another. An unprecedented amount of weirdness coming out of the British Monarchy this year... are we about to see a massive change to one of the oldest human systems in the modern world?
This video raises some interesting questions about the transformations underway in long-established pillars of world order, and even in our very perceptions of reality.
As Americans ponder the hollowness and feebleness of their own leaders, the British find that their crown is surrounded by signs and symbols of decay and decline, even as its people demonstrate historic lows in their support for the institution.
Looking back in history, anthropological accounts of kings and queens since ancient times have closely tied the health and power of the state with that of its figurehead -- making public admissions of ill health virtually forbidden. Yet, today, mainstream news is constantly reminding its audience that both King Charles and Princess Kate have cancer.
What does this mean -- not for them as individuals in a personal crisis -- but as symbols of their system of government?
While we are living in a world considered modern and scientific, it remains true that the relic institution of monarchy has traditionally opted to remove its rulers upon showing any signs of weakness -- and a reigning king with cancer would never have been publicly known in the history of nearly any known culture. And whether Charles' condition improves or not, it is one of many anomalies and inconsistencies with long-held traditions that he has shown signs of bucking. His global vision, like that of his compatriots in the sphere of corporate governance, looks to another sort of future; one where, perhaps, even this position is altered.
We, of course, don't know precisely what is on the horizon, but the symbols are written boldly, strangely, heralding something new yet to be born, and something old to be done away with. It is a question of vessels and containers, of jurisdictions and paradigms.
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