I keep seeing various meme's about Harry and Meghan. Now I didn't watch that interview, waste of time as far as I'm concerned. My take on it was it was basically a pity party. The rich kids complaining to the richer lady. Surely its' a tough life only living in a 15 million dollar mansion instead of a castle. And then, from what I've heard the Queen herself and others were mean. Well, boo, hoo. But that's about the extent of my knowledge about what was said. As you have guessed by now, I really don't care. Might as well be the Jersey Shore or some other such nonsense.
But I did read a few comments about how this interview exposed inherent racism. That's something new? I don't think so, I think we all know that racism exists in the world, especially among those of wealth and power. You know it doesn't take a sociologist to understand that. People attempt to subjugate others for their benefit. What? Yes, it's true, people attempt to use one another to better their own condition. If I have what you want I hold power over you. Think the southern plantation owners as a prime example. What was the reason they purchased slaves? Was it because they didn't like black people? No, it was because they could make those people do the work! It really was that simple. They really didn't care what color anyone was, what they cared about was cheap labor. They started a civil war over that! When they lost that power through the 13th amendment they basically created the sharecropper system. In that way they kept a measure of control over the workforce. When the workforce moved to the industrial cities in the north, they created slums. More control. And in all of that it really had nothing to do with skin tone, it has to do with control.
Now in a society we establish laws. What is the purpose of those laws? It would be fair to say that laws are meant to inform the public of proper behaviors. That is to say, what is going to be allowed in the society. The fewer the laws, the more open the society. We all tend to think of laws as restrictions, and they are. They do restrict what is allowed and that is why there is punishment associated with breaking those laws. As the society progresses more and more laws are written. The laws change in nature somewhat, beginning to provide exceptions to the other laws. It's what the lawyers call, legislating. Really it is simple compromise. This will be allowed in exchange for that. The ones doing the legislating wielding the power over the rest. In America we established a Constitutional Republic hoping to avoid that scenario. The Constitution and its' amendment being the final authority, the legislator. But, over the years that document has been interpreted and reinterpreted by those legislators to suit the current wishes of the rich and powerful.
Now from what I understand the major complaint was racism. Meghan Markle complaining that they spoke about her skin tone and the possible color of her child. I'm not surprised by that at all. Anytime there is a mixed marriage it is a natural thing to wonder about the childs appearance. Both sides of the family will do that! Yes, they will whether they say it out loud or not, they will. It's human nature. Does that make them racists? If so, everyone is a racist. And that is the law of nature. You can't change the laws of nature. Oh you can write down anything you like but you can't rewrite human nature. Human nature dictates that anything different from the normal will cause curiosity in human beings. Society itself will determine whether that difference is good or bad. Different societies will reach different conclusions.
What needs to be understood is that you can't legislate human nature, you can't write a law changing that. We wrote the 13th amendment that freed the slaves. Does that amendment mention the color of anyone's skin? No, it sure doesn't. It is less than fifty words in total. It was written because it became obvious that "all men are created equal" is a natural truth, a natural law, and no man should be forced into slavery or involuntary servitude. It was a change in society, not the law of nature, that precipitated that. Society had caught up! There are societies around the world today that haven't caught up to that. In this country of ours we have written many laws attempting to clarify natural law as the only true law. One nation under God. What is that saying? We should act according to the Christian values and teachings that we were all taught. That was the thinking at that time. But there are those that would rewrite those laws as well, indeed there are many that deny that law altogether. In the beginning we separated the church from the state for a reason. That reason was easy to understand, we didn't want church leaders leading the nation. The Catholics and the Protestant's do have a differing world view. So that was rejected and what were we left with? Laws written by man. Those laws aren't infallible like the laws of nature are. For that reason those laws are under constant revision dependent upon the society. Remember natural law never changes! Or as we say today, haters gonna hate. You can't legislate human nature.
So what was the pity party really all about? People got their feelings hurt. A guy that was raised as a Prince, must have been a tough childhood, meets and marries Meghan Markle. I really don't now anything about her and how she came into the Princes life but apparently she identifies as a woman of color. Now she acts surprised that the Queen and others noticed that. I heard complaints that she didn't feel welcome. Seems to me I heard that about Diana as well, although her race was white. Guess those royal folks are a bit snooty about you they associate with, imagine that. Princess Di was a commoner after all. My only question is, what were either of them denied? Was any privilege, right, or courtesy denied them? From what little I understand the Prince decided to abandon the monarchy. His choice, I don't begrudge him that, but don't complain about it after the fact. Fact is we all have in-laws and outlaws we really don't like.
Well none of that matters to me, just something to talk about this morning. I'll go on about my day and my life as usual. I have never understood the fascination with rich people's lives. Just not much of a fan boy I suppose. I guess Prince Harry wanted to be a Prince without having to pay the price. There is a price for everything in this world, in one way or another. What does Meghan Markle want? Looks like she married a prince, enjoys wealth and fame. Is that something to complain about? The in-laws didn't like her. Well, welcome to the real world.
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