Sunday 3 April 2011

Lording it over us

Just saw a documentary recently on the BBC, about how,
during medieval times, 11th/12th c. particularly,
Lords had almost complete control over the people
on their manor. I'm guessing, slaves could not just set up their own manors,
otherwise they would have.
So, to varying degrees, their lives were controlled, they were told what they
could and could not do. Most of their production of crops and livestock were taken by the Lord.
Oddly, this was largely ended by the Magna Carta, which gave freedom to the slaves, if not the vote.
Well! What relationship does this have with today?
the title 'Lord' still conjures up this medieval system, to which we are returning.
Is that intentional. Do the plutocrats want us to be ruled by slave-drivers?
We still have the title 'Lord' belonging to those whose
ancestors were essentially slave owners.
The title is also being given, upon proper payment,
to new people, who need this title
because they already have all the money
that a country could want...billions and billions.
Now they want a title, to make it official.
They want to join the upper classes.
to get all the other benefits.
[don't worry, you're not invited]
That's how it's done in this country.

The Lords of the House also want to play at being democrats by spending
some 100 days a year
in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of parliament.
They can't actually change laws.
They can blah-blah all day long,
and ask the parliament to reconsider.
That's it.

Unfortunately, we are, as a society, falling back into habits of
slave owner and slaves.
them versus us.
Those who have money and
those who have to work ever harder,
if there is work.

So, the title of Lord needs to be modernised.
Either the House of Lords will try to end the control by the plutocrats
(government, banks, big offshore businesses)
or they will be linked, by association, once again to the title of
Lord and Slave-owner


-Cos67 ¬(%^D>