{"id":52923,"date":"2022-09-14T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=52923"},"modified":"2022-09-16T17:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T21:06:36","slug":"any-of-you-like-to-try-propping-up-the-queen-of-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2022\/09\/any-of-you-like-to-try-propping-up-the-queen-of-denmark.html","title":{"rendered":"Any of You Like to Try Propping up the Queen of Denmark?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>&#8220;The queen is an alien symbol basically Germanic in origin. The queen is also a white symbol. The White Goddess in fact. Young people want that. White people want that. Black people want that.&#8221;<\/em> \u2014 William S. Burroughs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to a reminder from Charlton Burch, here is Burroughs in his unforgettable voice on the subject of the Queen of England, as channeled through a couple of CIA agents discussing the situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"william s. burroughs - what washington what orders\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSq3Dp2HOaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; never go too far in any direction is the basic rule on which Limey Land is built. The queen stabilizes the whole sinking shithouse&#8230;. If the queen tries to grab more than she&#8217;s got image-wise, she&#8217;ll lose it all. Or I mean we will. All the others are hopeless. Any of you jokers like to try propping up the queen of Denmark? I say just leave it where it is. It will stagger on for another five or 10 years and that&#8217;s enough. We get smart at this point and the English Republican Party will jump out at us. &#8230; The queen is an alien symbol basically Germanic in origin. The queen is also a white symbol. The White Goddess in fact. Young people want that. White people want that. Black people want that. Who wants a grovel symbol? Those who need such symbols to keep positions of wealth and privilege. Look at them &#8230; That&#8217;s right. We got a good strong thing here, why muck about with it? Why, the whole stinking thing can blow up in our faces. 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