@polocross58 wrote:We pay and house (dress, feed, transport) her very well for doing little more than dressing up and playing a non-arduous role. We don't pay her to have opinions. Fine, she has opinions which are those of a woman past 70 who will never have to live under the same conditions as is suffered by the most marginalised group in this and most other countries, i.e., impoverished older women. As such, her opinions are of no greater import to me than those of the woman next door
If Q. Bryce wanted to make a difference, why not address the coal-face and real issues right now, such as sixth generation Aussie families compelled to survive in shipping containers out in the bush minus running water, electricity, etc. while those clearly able to pay $16,000 per person are buying fake papers and flying themselves into the Land of Plenty where they'll be provided free accomodation, free money for life and no pressure to contribute a drop of sweat to the country to which they'll never have any loyalty ?
Or, she could address the tens of thousands of older women in this country who're scratching by on two minute noodles in order to be able to pay their electricity and water bills after fifty or more years of working themselves to the bone ---- something Q. Bryce has never done
She's a figurehead, a well-paid figurehead who almost certainly does not even make her own bed or wash her own undies. We pay for her to fly around the world, first class, in order to attend empty ceremonies and sip champagne. After her retirement from doing next to nothing, she'll live out her days in luxury and ease. A bubble head. So no wonder she waffles about a utopian society while older women sit alone in tiny flats, counting their coppers in the hope they'll have enough for half a litre of milk so they can offer a cup of tea in case someone drops around
