A tremendous amount of fictions assumes monarchy is good. Why do we dream about an even worse system than the crap one we have?
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Replying to @DavidKaib
As the father of young kids it *kills me* that every single Disney movie celebrates monarchy. Every one.
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Replying to @chrislhayes @DavidKaib
Really? I can't think of a single movie or TV show my 9-year-old has watched that has had any influence on how she thinks or sees the world.
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Replying to @CoreyRobin @DavidKaib
I don't know! I just don't like all the monarchy fetishism.
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I try to tell my daughters that the monarchy is purely symbolic and real power resides with the Prime Minister, usually offstage in Disney.
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I tell my daughter that the political system is merely the superstructure over the economic system & that settles any questions.
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I'll save that for when they are older
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