As Bagehot is quoted saying in the article: "Above all things our royalty is to be reverenced, and if you begin to poke about it you cannot reverence it... Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic".

This makes it evident how this strategy exists to maintain the "magic" and fool the masses. It has no place in a progressive society where being duped with propaganda into believing falsehoods should not be something to look up to.

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Scubabear68 a day ago | parent | next [-]

This is the essence of "royalness". It's all about the magic, going back millennia.

The royal family has obviously fallen apart entirely as its human foibles have become evident, and in modern society it is almost impossible to hide.

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actionfromafar a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Yet, somehow the Trump family is still revered by a large minority as the only thing between them and despair.

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aframemodular a day ago | parent [-]

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jamwil a day ago | parent | next [-]

This isn’t coherent. Republicans seem extremely interested in controlling every facet of Americans’ lives. They appear frankly obsessed with controlling who you might love, how you might identify, what books you are allowed to read, whether women have autonomy over their own bodies, etc. The list goes on.

	▲	aframemodular a day ago \| parent [-]
		What legislation are you living under that you can't "love who you want to love?" I live in a conservative county and can't hardly drive a mile without seeing a rainbow flag. I don't think any of them are in fear that the police are going to come knocking on their door talking to them about who they should love. Form a coherent point before trying to call out incoherence.

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z3c0 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I'll hand it to you, "Trump is awful because he was a Democrat, and Democrats are de facto awful" is one I haven't seen before. That said, within my own anecdotal experience, "God Bless Trump" signs are pretty common in the Bible Belt, and that certainly is a sentiment born of authoritarian times.

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nater5000 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>It has no place in a progressive society where being duped with propaganda into believing falsehoods should not be something to look up to.

I think this really misses the nuance of all of this. To put it bluntly: there's too many dumb people who need to believe in this kind of "magic" to be able to reasonably ignore it on a political strategy level. Just trying to treat everyone as intellectually-capable of being presented facts and making a logical choice clearly doesn't work, and the opposition is perfectly willing to exploit this dynamic.

	▲	DrScientist a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Dumb or too busy surviving to have time to pay proper attention? ( especially when the truth is being intentionally hidden behind a wall of propaganda ). Also is a strategy of being part of the crowd ( even if it's an astroturfed one ) a dumb or smart survival strategy?
	▲	speedbird a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Too many people are tribal rather than critical thinkers.

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Kirth 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And now that we've done and gotten rid of monarchies, the masses definitely are not being fooled no more!

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InsidiousWombat a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I feel like bygone royals still left more memorable and positive changes to society (even in the background of all the negatives) that current caste of billionaires ever will.

	▲	cowlevel a day ago \| parent [-]
		Future generations will look back and admire today's billionaires for creating things like cellphones, cars and the internet. No matter how true it is.

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iAMkenough a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> where being duped with propaganda into believing falsehoods should not be something to look up to.

I agree, but believe we’re now in a regressive society, moving as fast as we can to repeat history, investing vast resources into effortless propaganda machines.