A Cat May Not Look At A King

[poliphilo]

The near universal condemnation by politicians and journalists of Philip Schofield's act of lese-majeste is a scary reminder of just how monolithic the British establishment is. 

The matter Schofield tried to raise goes to the heart of power. It's not about policy; it's personal. If certain pillars of the state are criminals of the basest, meanest kind and all their colleagues-  politicians, journalists, the judiciary- have conspired to protect them...well- let's just not go there! Sue him, sack him, grind him into the dust- and spare your tears for the powerful men whose reputations he has besmirched!

Challenge the establishment- I mean really challenge it, not just make jokes about it-  and you hit a force field.

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

England never really had a proper revolution, did it? I've seen it argued that you had World War I, instead, but that seems to have only decimated the aristocracy, while leaving the class system itself intact.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We had two revolutions- but they're both a long time ago- and they've been papered over. Firstly the Civil War (which gave us a short-lived republic) and then the "Glorious Revolution" which got rid of James II.