IN BREXIT MODE
THE ROYAL NARRATIVE
IN A BREXIT/POST-BREXIT
WORLD
BY DEIMANTAS (DAANISH) STEPONAVICIUS*
O
n the 20 of October, in Sydney Opera House, Prince
Harry opened Invictus Games.
His opening speech was passionate and moving. He
clearly believed in every word he said. Invictus is part of
XXIst century with its confl icts and contradictions. Prince
Harry is recognized by the world as crucial part of Invictus
and, by extension, as a part of XXI century.
Britain is going through the period of loss. The loss of
the Meaning.
On the same day, 20 of October, back in London, just
over 700,000 of young people marched to the Houses of
Parliament demanding the Final Say in the outcome of Brexit.
These people also belong to the XXI century. The land of
Shakespeare, Brunel, Locke, Darwin, Newton, etc, is walking
towards the cliff -edge.
What do you see when you look at Great Britain? A group
of small to medium sized isles off the coast the Continent of
Europe. Even Mercator's maps with West-centric bias tell you
all you need to know about the “physical fact” of British Isles.
All the rest is the collection of “stories, and narratives”.
It all exist in imagination of our collective of minds. The
physical facts of the world cannot be “true or false”. Only
“descriptions, interpretations” of these facts can. Truths and
Lies lie inside our descriptions, narratives, dreams and stories
we constantly tell to ourselves and each other.
Our collective and individual existence is narrative
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