That’s cool, dude, but you still call yourself King; not really compatible with social justice now, is it? #monarchyhttps://twitter.com/aubrey_harris/status/772850448797732864 …
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What if a symbolic monarchy works as some kind of inoculation against reactionary ideology in real life?
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@andrewcb Monarchy = justification and perpetuation of the notion of ultimate privilege/patriarchy: God -> King, because I was born so. -
Yes, in theory. Though there is the paradox of some of the most progressive countries (SE, NL, &c.) being monarchies, and OTOH, the US
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Well. I'm not defending monarchy, but I am applauding and supporting the monarch's speech nevertheless.
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Indeed; as am I.
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the essence of a monarchy is contradictory to the principle of equality of all people
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Would they have a king if the people didn't want one?
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an argument of using existing structures to further better ones could be made in his case :-)
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OTOH, USA rejected monarchy because of its injustice and then gave us an ideology of "moochers" and "not encouraging bad life choices"
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