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		ogogmad on Sept 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Queen Elizabeth II has died The Queen would still have been filthy rich without the British Empire. Ask the Swiss and the Danes. I think you're choosing to couple the British monarchy with the Empire.

Emma_Goldman on Sept 9, 2022 [–]

I never said anything about her lucre.

The Queen willingly became head of a Commonwealth that included dependent colonies, and a British state that was actively repressing several independence movements. That the head of the Commonwealth is coupled with it is obvious, not my 'choice'.

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