Pete Smissen
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And you're just like, what are you-
Like, I can't imagine being- I mean, I guess they're the head of state, right, for Australia.
I guess, right?
And we do have a closer history.
We do have a closer history with them.
But I can't imagine being, you know, say, as loyal or passionate about the Prime Minister of Great Britain, you know, giving a shit.
I kind of do, don't you?
Like, in terms of- It's just- It's so- It feels to me like it is such a modernly unnatural way to run a country.
And I guess most countries aren't being run by royal families.
They're not.
But at the same time, for it to even be around still when it is so redundant, it seems just so-
It just feels like a wank, right?
Like, it's kind of like you're keeping alive this tradition that was unfair and just, I don't know, somewhat disgusting in the past.
Like, I guess you did it because it was probably the best way of running a country a thousand years ago and ensuring its survival.
But it was incredibly unfair and the average person in the country probably didn't, you know, really benefit from it at all.
If anything, they probably suffered.
And it was so arbitrary, right?
It was just whoever took power and was the strongest, it was the king or queen or whatever.
True.
Because I think- Would have been corrupt and it still would have been money going to the top.