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Barbarism, thy name is Britain | Corazon Calamidad
Barbarism, thy name is Britain. In this day and age, if any societal structure is a revolting blot on the fabric of the democratic world, it’s not Russia or North Korea, but the not-so-great Britain. Pretend democracy is far worse than straightforward dictatorship.
The queen might have been a nice person, I don’t know. But when a person is declared the supreme authority (head of state) of an entire people by birth, it’s not something to take pride in, rather it’s something to be ashamed of.
Britain may mourn the death of the queen as a person, but no land deserves to be called civilized while mourning the death of a monarch. Let me put this into perspective. Almost every week a country celebrates independence from britain – if this doesn’t tell you why the monarchy is the antithesis of everything that is civilized, nothing can.
I wonder, they can throw a homeless man in jail for lifting a bread out of hunger, yet the empire walks free, even after raping, pillaging and looting from 90% of the world’s countries!
Where is the ICC (International Criminal Court) now, when one monarch after another sits on the throne, wielding the crown jewels encrusted with national treasures stolen from all over the globe!
The queen might have been a nice person, I don’t know. But when a person is declared the supreme authority (head of state) of an entire people by birth, it’s not something to take pride in, rather it’s something to be ashamed of.
Britain may mourn the death of the queen as a person, but no land deserves to be called civilized while mourning the death of a monarch. Let me put this into perspective. Almost every week a country celebrates independence from britain – if this doesn’t tell you why the monarchy is the antithesis of everything that is civilized, nothing can.
I wonder, they can throw a homeless man in jail for lifting a bread out of hunger, yet the empire walks free, even after raping, pillaging and looting from 90% of the world’s countries!
Where is the ICC (International Criminal Court) now, when one monarch after another sits on the throne, wielding the crown jewels encrusted with national treasures stolen from all over the globe!
Beyond King and Crumpet (Uncoronation Sonnet) | Visvavictor
“When a philandering ass is declared head of state, and the other woman sleeps her way to the throne, it’s not a moment of national pride, it’s an outlandish declaration of national pestilence.”
“Beyond King and Crumpet
(Uncoronation Sonnet)
There’s not one but two UKs –
one is United Kingdom,
where animals worship a king,
another is United Kin-dom,
where humans live as kin.
Storm’s coming! Huts and homes
of the humble will thrive,
while castles and palaces
of thieves will crumble.
Either we are explorers
of equality and dignity, or
we are crown worshipping animal.
Putting all kings and queens to bed,
Citizens must come out and work the soil.
Enough chasing the parade of dead meat,
March your own parade, tackling turmoil!
Crown, cross and rigid constitution,
Mindlessness has taken many a form.
Beyond the fetish of king and crumpet,
Beckon the rays of an honorable dawn.”
“Beyond King and Crumpet
(Uncoronation Sonnet)
There’s not one but two UKs –
one is United Kingdom,
where animals worship a king,
another is United Kin-dom,
where humans live as kin.
Storm’s coming! Huts and homes
of the humble will thrive,
while castles and palaces
of thieves will crumble.
Either we are explorers
of equality and dignity, or
we are crown worshipping animal.
Putting all kings and queens to bed,
Citizens must come out and work the soil.
Enough chasing the parade of dead meat,
March your own parade, tackling turmoil!
Crown, cross and rigid constitution,
Mindlessness has taken many a form.
Beyond the fetish of king and crumpet,
Beckon the rays of an honorable dawn.”
Alien Native (The Sonnet) | Abhijit Naskar | Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations (First Drop)
When natives are treated alien,
and aliens take over as master,
cultures uprooted by legal decree,
honor is stolen as spoils of war,
empires erected on blood and bones,
when prosperity is rooted in plunder,
homes are stripped of hopes and dreams,
violations feed the palace of blunder,
when baboons are adorned with bootleg,
each rock is drenched in bloodshed,
when festivities thrive on thievery,
correction is cursed as blasphemous,
defying the delirium of king and country,
rise and stand human against imperial larceny.
and aliens take over as master,
cultures uprooted by legal decree,
honor is stolen as spoils of war,
empires erected on blood and bones,
when prosperity is rooted in plunder,
homes are stripped of hopes and dreams,
violations feed the palace of blunder,
when baboons are adorned with bootleg,
each rock is drenched in bloodshed,
when festivities thrive on thievery,
correction is cursed as blasphemous,
defying the delirium of king and country,
rise and stand human against imperial larceny.
