Wednesday, March 19, 2025
No monarchs, please
As you know, I hate monarchies. I'm appalled at the way some Americans slobber all over the British monarchs, a strikingly unaccomplished family that still pretty much gets everything for free.
We are a people formed out of rejecting monarchy-- specifically, the British monarchy-- and yet we somehow seem to be slipping back towards it as norms of democracy are challenged and our leaders are chosen more on vibes and how we think he (and we are talking about males here) kind of is rather than what he actually does.
I worry that our new international friends, like the Russians and the Saudis, are not democracies. It's not a good trend....
