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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here
Weren't you trying to claim the commonwealth was unifying?
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yes, and that is what proves my point entirely!
I know folks from Ghana, Uganda and Kenya, or from Trinidad, Jamaica, and St Lucias, and while these folks are all in the diaspora, and all live removed from their homes and are here in the US, the unifying experience of being under the monarchy has stuck with them in a positive way, even though these were once colonies! That is some powerful shit man I tell you, to leave a good residual taste rather than a bad one in those folks.
My point is this:
The experience of the monarchy is so unifying that it creates a british identity where there is no real cause. Are Ghanians or St Lucians really British? Are they Anglos? No, but they are most definitely British, and the queen has been a major part of that. She gives them a sense of commonality and British identity, which extends far beyond the circumstantial British influence of colonialism in their homelands. They have carried this solidarifying British identity across into exile, and remain British despite being African or Caribbean and also now subsequently Americans...
again, that is some powerful shit.
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Originally Posted by This Is Not Here
In 1997 over a quarter of the British population wished to abolish the monarchy. Thats probably because they were all murdering eachother at that time, but it's still not incredible popularity, is it?
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since when is 75% NOT incredible popularity?