Aral BalkanCan you imagine calling yourself a royal in this day and age.
Oh, you’re a king are you? Is that fun? Do you get to play with swords?
How’re these people not laughed out of every room they enter?
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Right?
There was some chatter around the end of Elizabeth's life, about just not doing another royal. That would have been better, I think, for the UK, for the world, and quite likely for the royals themselves.
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Matthew 
@aral Royalty don't feel the same anymore or at least in the UK, it doesn't for a while. At best, their just celebrities with a long family tree.
LukefromDC@matty @aral Unfortunately true (absolute) monarchies still exist. England (which predates the UK) hasn't been one since the Magna Carta (1275 was that?), but Saudi Arabia is one right now. The dual mode monarchist civil government and religious parallel government in Saudi Arabia very much resembles some of the European monarchies of 1,000 to 500 years ago. They also ran in dual mode, with much contention between the royal houses and the Papacy and bishops in some countries.
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽@aral Also the "holy" Anglican Church which only exists so a "king" could get a divorce.
@mdhughes *smdh*
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The outfits they wear during those stupid royal ceremonies they do drive me crazy. They not only look like fucking idiots but are accessorizing with jewelry and whatnot that should be confiscated and used to pay for healthcare or infrastructure, not kept in storage wasting space.
The outfits they wear during those stupid royal ceremonies they do drive me crazy. They not only look like fucking idiots but are accessorizing with jewelry and whatnot that should be confiscated and used to pay for healthcare or infrastructure, not kept in storage wasting space.
Disappointed_Horse 🇺🇦@aral As an American, I look at the buffoon we elected over here and think maybe a hereditary monarchy isn't such a bad idea.
@Disappointed_Horse Just imagine that same buffoon’s whole lineage in charge for untold generations. That’s hereditary monarchy.
(And, to be fair, could still happen.)
Houba@houba Bloody hell, and I will be too soon :)
Juho Mäntysalo
BoudElecting kings was a long-established tradition in Poland, especially during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries:
Andreas KMichael Hudson's history here could be illuminating, Arthur is approx 500AD and probably would not have known the term king. if he existed at all. Considering Hudson's understanding of debt as a mechanism for political change could be more relevant now than ever.
Hudson interviewed on Gary Null’s Progressive Commentary Hour.
Oliver@aral We had a "no kings-only queens" sign at Orlando Pride last year
Kouki Matsumoto@aral monarchy never gets old. Humans are busy with taking control and want to be the king of the world and decide what we want. It's also not so ironic if you realize why they love pyramids as pharaoh also wants to be the king of the world. If you worship God of any religion, you supposedly can't relate to this as God is the king of the world and grants you any possible chances in a Quantum physics way while also granting you forgiveness in the merciful ways if you took the wrong path/decision.