The Queen is a symbol of the UK's terrible past just as much as Barack Obama is a symbol of the USA's terrible past. In fact, the Queen was a figurehead and had

The Queen is a symbol of the UK's terrible past just as much as Barack Obama is a symbol of the USA's terrible past. In fact, the Queen was a figurehead and had zero authority over any decisions that the British government made. Nobody chooses to be born into their specific circumstances. Barack Obama overcame all of the circumstances of his birth and became more powerful than the Queen, who gained her position by birthright. Scoffing at someone for benefiting from the circumstances of their birth is an outdated, pessimistic and cynical worldview in my opinion. It's out of touch with a world where Barack Obama and Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar are world leaders. Everyone is free to keep having those views though, I just don't relate at all.