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Monarchies are so weird when you think about it.
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:26 AM Author: rusted big native associate Like who the hell are these people and why are they royal and who the hell set it up this way?? Royalty is such a strange concept. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089423) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 12:13 PM Author: Saffron stock car (rapetile unironically lining up to vote for ivanka trump) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089896) |
Date: May 20th, 2018 10:27 AM Author: bossy comical toaster chapel all part of the $cam of life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089427) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:28 AM Author: Fishy Parlour Mad-dog Skullcap At some point in history, their ancestors were savvy enough to win the political and military fights necessary to rule. That’s mostly it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089433) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:31 AM Author: bossy comical toaster chapel reminds me of the following song, a commentary on the scam of religious figures who act like they are bestowed from God with some kind of special power & that you have to go through them as intermediary:
how dare you wear a robe to preside how dare your cover your head to hide your face from God
how dare you smile from behind your beard to hide the fact your hearts are feared and wave a rod
how dare you be the one to assess me in this god forsaken mess you, a man in a purple dress a man in a purple dress |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:31 AM Author: cerebral wrinkle Warlords became landowners who then became KANGS. Christianity stepped in with “Divine Right” and now every asshole who descended from some other crowned asshole is royalty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089444) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:33 AM Author: Bull headed sooty doctorate boltzmann the british monarchy is corrupt, and has been for generations. just wait until the spanish monarchy regains the rightful throne and ushers in a revival of the catholic monarchs. hail! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089449) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:41 AM Author: Federal cordovan philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089482) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 12:15 PM Author: Saffron stock car por que no te callas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Kzbo7tNLg goatus poatus of kingly beatdowns |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 10:36 AM Author: Talking piazza Doesn't seem any weirder than anything else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089461) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:12 AM Author: rusted big native associate It is though. President are (at least have the illusion of being) democratically elected and have term limits. They "work" for the people. Dictators have complete control out of fear and brutality.
But monarchies, especially in the modern era. We have one random family with special status that represents a country, "rules" a country symbolically or in some actuality and they are loaded with castles and status and money and people are supposed to care. Where did they come from and who installed them? It seems sketchier, even than dictators who are at least honest about the brutality that got them to where they are. Monarchs were just as cunning and brutal but put a veneer of respectability over it. |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:19 AM Author: laughsome beta affirmative action Most dictators have broad popular support and don't actually rule with terror, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089631) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:20 AM Author: rusted big native associate Yeah I hear Kim Jong Un has broad popular support. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089636) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:23 AM Author: laughsome beta affirmative action For every Kim there are ten Orbans and Erdogans and Putin's who basically use money and control of the media to suppress opposition and don't need to kill anyone and even poll 80% without having to torture a soul. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089655) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:27 AM Author: rusted big native associate Yeah Turkey didn't have an attempted coup and Putin is sooo nice too.
Of course dictators have "popular support". The people have no choice but to support. |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 12:19 PM Author: Saffron stock car "without having to torture a soul" lmfao yeah regularly assassinating your own citizens on foreign soil and exposing citizens of your ally to radiation poisoning is very commendable compared to torture |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:21 AM Author: claret stag film (low-iq dating-app chick not dropping a stupid topic) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089644) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:16 AM Author: impertinent orchestra pit i really have never studied the british monarchy. does the current royal family even have any blood connection at all to the kings from Bravehart (Edward Longshanks) or Robin Hood (Richard Lionheart)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089622) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:17 AM Author: rusted big native associate I've never researched it but xo MONARCHIC SCHOLARS informed me they're Germans or descended from German or Bavarian royalty or some shit. I've no idea though to tell you the truth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089627) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:47 AM Author: judgmental hyperventilating sanctuary Allegedly she is, but there are always questions about royal blood lines. Also, Richard the Lionheart had no heir, which is why the hated King John from Robin Hood took the throne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_English_and_British_monarchs |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 12:17 PM Author: titillating stubborn theater stage boiling water Yes, they do. The current Queen is indeed descended from William the Conqueror.
(Of course, so is something like 20% of the native English population. But still.) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:17 AM Author: laughsome beta affirmative action I prefer a General Secretary of the Communist Party over any King, bro. Just give me a one generation tyrant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089626) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:18 AM Author: rusted big native associate America is realizing how cool authoritarianism is bro, that's part of why Trump is there. Imagine never having to worry about a stupid election, just do what the boss says. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089629) |
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Date: May 20th, 2018 11:19 AM Author: laughsome beta affirmative action Music to my ears but sham elections are 180 theater. Even Stalin staged elections. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3981942&forum_id=2#36089633) |