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    The New Yorker‏Verified account @NewYorker 11 Aug 2017

    Why do European countries even have kings and queens anymore? http://nyer.cm/iPR2SXv 

    3:00 PM - 11 Aug 2017
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      2. Tom Drife‏ @TomDrife 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @NewYorker

        To avoid a populist billionaire TV star becoming head of state.

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      3. Dan‏ @DanInLids 12 Aug 2017
        Replying to @TomDrife @NewYorker

        This is a spectacular answer.

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      1. Controversy Online‏ @contronline 11 Aug 2017
        Replying to @NewYorker

        I don't know. How's that elected head of state working out for you?

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      1. Lorna Leeson‏ @reallornaleeson 11 Aug 2017
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        Why do you still have the 2nd amendment?

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      1. DAN PROUDMAN‏ @battery7775 11 Aug 2017
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        FANTASTIC PERKS.pic.twitter.com/gbvHHFbOHP

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      1. robert kirkwood‏ @yusuf69 13 Aug 2017
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        Because our cultures can handle it. Unlike your own.

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      1. Useful Idiot‏ @EmolumentsNow 12 Aug 2017
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        Why does 'Murica have a King NOW?!??

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      1. Haiku‏ @ThreeCatsOwnMe 11 Aug 2017
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        Because someone has to consume the royal jelly. Duh!

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      1. marc blanc‏ @blancmarc20 11 Aug 2017
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        Who did you elect head of state again?

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      1. Cruise Blackwell‏ @CruiseBlackwell 11 Aug 2017
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        I'd rather have a king if it meant universal health care.

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      1. Jeremy Singh‏ @jezsingh 11 Aug 2017
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        A quick look around some of the world's current elected heads of state will help you answer that.

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      1. edsto77‏ @edstil 11 Aug 2017
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        And why do educated people in the 21st century line streets to applaud them or gather outside their extravagant homes to catch a glimpse

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      1. Andrea Vojtko‏ @AndreaVoyt 11 Aug 2017
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        @KellieRoseWick At least it has given Europe a comfort level of having men AND women as leaders, something America lacks

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      1. Jeff O'Meara‏ @jomeara555 11 Aug 2017
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        Without reading the piece it's tradition. Most people could trace lineage back hundreds of years if records existed. Kings kept records.

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      1. Gabriella Tomanovits‏ @BaronessGabi 11 Aug 2017
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        Stupid question, @NewYorker. "European countries HAVE kings & queens" BECAUSE they EXIST... as do counts, countesses, baronesses, dukes, etc

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      1. BTWBFDIMHO‏ @hcocchi 11 Aug 2017
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        Taxes go 2 sustain royal lives. Example: in France billions r paid as perpetual bonds 2 compensate 4 property lost on 14/7/1789

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      1. Sandra Sotto‏ @mangaranon921 11 Aug 2017
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        It's passe🐔

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      1. Uncle Bob‏ @mumzerbenzoyne 11 Aug 2017
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        For good gossip

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      1. Drew D‏ @49Westend 11 Aug 2017
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        I'll take the job

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