• Hyperreality@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    America doesn’t hate dynasties. Sometimes I think America is more obsessed with the British royal family than the English.

    Just look at how many Americans obsess over the Kardashians. Just look at who America elects. The Kennedys, the Bushes, the Clintons, etc. If Michelle Obama ran for president, I strongly suspect she’d win.

    Look at how America treats the ‘first lady’ like she’s a defacto queen. It’s genuinely weird. Why should someone unelected have power, have an entire office or represent the president at events, just because they’re married to the president?

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      1 year ago

      OTOH when the actual queen is just a figurehead, treating someone like a de facto queen doesn’t seem terribly inappropriate.

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        1 year ago

        That implies queens are innately figureheads. Monarchs have power, by original definition of the political title, and are made figureheads when stripped of active usage of that power.