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orwell thought that a constitutional monarchy is a bulwark against fascism because it allows people to exercise their leader-worship and nationalistic impulses around a figure with no real power. if people have a hard-wired predisposition to rally around the flag, it's better to wrap that flag around someone who is essentially a "waxwork," he wrote.Karl Barks posted:gently caress, just trumps ruling for centuries Baloogan posted:just look at the countries based around british rule, vs the rest of em the U.S. presidential system is remarkable for being as stable as it has been and lasting this long -- and even persevered through a civil war (which was sparked by the election of a president). such systems encourage polarization and winner-take-all politics.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:And has many small dogs. does she really? that sounds nice
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Baloogan posted:You're a dumb communist he doesn't realize that the Russian Revolution failed entirely you cuck
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Karl Barks posted:does she really? that sounds nice She keeps corgis and they are just adorable.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:orwell thought that a constitutional monarchy is a bulwark against fascism because it allows people to exercise their leader-worship and nationalistic impulses around a figure with no real power. if people have a hard-wired predisposition to rally around the flag, it's better to wrap that flag around someone who is essentially a "waxwork," he wrote. i like orwell btu this doesn't make sense. germany had a king, japan had an emperor
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the british monarch is a cute inoffensive little lady with adorable dogs and compassion for all and lol if you prefer trump or some genocidal commie to that imo
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Karl Barks posted:i like orwell btu this doesn't make sense. germany had a king, japan had an emperor Germany's monarch got deposed after WWI and fled into exile in The Netherlands. Bulgogi Hoagie posted:the british monarch is a cute inoffensive little lady with adorable dogs and compassion for all and lol if you prefer trump or some genocidal commie to that imo On the other hand, Leopold II.
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Jun 3, 2017 19:36
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Karl Barks posted:i like orwell btu this doesn't make sense. germany had a king, japan had an emperor wasn't japan ruled by a dictatorship granted power by the emperor for like a thousand years
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Bulgogi Hoagie posted:the british monarch is a cute inoffensive little lady with adorable dogs and compassion for all and lol if you prefer trump or some genocidal commie to that imo still a monarchy based on nothing but lineage
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ask the peasants if they prefered stalin to nicolas 
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Jose posted:wasn't japan ruled by a dictatorship granted power by the emperor for like a thousand years
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if we're looking for examples of incredible monarchies ethiopia is a good one where no economic development ever took place because all land belonged to the emperor and reverted back to the emperor upon the death of the current emperor appointed viceroy and this nobody had any reason to improve their land this continued for a thousand years straight until it was overthrown
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Jose posted:wasn't japan ruled by a dictatorship granted power by the emperor for like a thousand years Japan's emperors an odd bunch, and not many of them actually were powerful rulers in a way comparable to western monarchs. More commonly, they're closer to figureheads for the Shogun or whoever else is actually running things. EDIT: Which is not to say that they were powerless, or that Hirohito in particular was just a pawn without any say in what his government was doing. Darkman Fanpage posted:still a monarchy based on nothing but lineage They are cute dogs, though.
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lol loving hell ethiopia
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tfw the bitch wont croak
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Karl Barks posted:i dont' actually know if hes next in line boris johnson is next in line please do your research
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Bulgogi Hoagie posted:the one on the left doesn't seem familiar And I do hereby further declare all indentured Servants, Negroes, or others, (appertaining to Rebels,) free that are able and willing to bear Arms, they joining His MAJESTY'S Troops as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper Sense of their Duty, to His MAJESTY'S Leige Subjects, to retain their Quitrents, or any other Taxes due or that may become due, in their own Custody, till such Time as Peace may be again restored to this at present most unhappy Country, or demanded of them for their former salutary Purposes, by Officers properly authorised to receive the same.
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my favorite 'brand' of canadian anti-americanism is the decendants of loyalists who settled in canada
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Captain_Maclaine posted:And I do hereby further declare all indentured Servants, Negroes, or others, (appertaining to Rebels,) free that are able and willing to bear Arms, they joining His MAJESTY'S Troops as soon as may be, for the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper Sense of their Duty, to His MAJESTY'S Leige Subjects, to retain their Quitrents, or any other Taxes due or that may become due, in their own Custody, till such Time as Peace may be again restored to this at present most unhappy Country, or demanded of them for their former salutary Purposes, by Officers properly authorised to receive the same. Yup, plenty of their descendants settled in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
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Does anyone else in Canada/Australia etc care about the Queen at all or is this just Baloogan
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Jose posted:wasn't japan ruled by a dictatorship granted power by the emperor for like a thousand years
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Fast Luck posted:Does anyone else in Canada/Australia etc care about the Queen at all or is this just Baloogan Yeah there's a bunch of old cucks that likes the queen and "tradition". I'm 85% positive they would change their mind if the queen was black
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jBrereton posted:At least 1000, possibly something like 2500 depending on if the official records are bullshit (possible) really? i know about the shogunate but nothing like that
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has jk changed her tune on corb at all? haven't heard much since this: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/856145924468482048 https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/856146417693462529 also, lmao: https://twitter.com/brandyljensen/status/871056785901277186
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Jose posted:really? i know about the shogunate but nothing like that jBrereton has issued a correction as of 20:21 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Fast Luck posted:Does anyone else in Canada/Australia etc care about the Queen at all or is this just Baloogan Australia's former PM decided to give Prince Philip a Knighthood and it helped end his career lol
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jBrereton posted:Yeah the earliest one we know about for definite ruled at the turn of the 4th century AD and they trace their lineage back to the 7th century BC. got a link?
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Bryter posted:Australia's former PM decided to give Prince Philip a Knighthood and it helped end his career lol worth remembering that eating an onion skin on like it was an apple didn't manage it lol
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Jose posted:got a link?
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Wraith of J.O.I. posted:has jk changed her tune on corb at all? haven't heard much since this: i dont get this
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It's A Harry Potter Reference.
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lorn Wayne posted:is brandy jensen a forum celeb or something she's kind of a peripheral weird twitter character so probably
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