The posts are funny, but I’d say that we should grift the right so that they get off big tech platforms and get into the fediverse.

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    4 hours ago

    But everyone talks about how Europe is sooooo much better than the US. And they have a king thing going on, so we should. Right?

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      You know those are constitutional monarchies right? Their monarchs have effectively less political power than the American President by far and at best hold a symbolic role of paper stamper.

      Also they have a solid history of axing them when they overstep (sometimes literally), and bringing their successors back on with further reduced function in government. These days they are basically just overpayed legacy mascots that have lucrative longstanding contracts…

      Maybe America should follow suit with the rest of Europe, depose their Mad Kings and make them actual civil servants accountable to the people or just kooky sock puppets to entertain the masses with. It would be a nice change.

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      2 hours ago

      Europe is indeed better than the US. Not because of monarchies, though.

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          The point is that turning Trump into a king won’t make your country any better. It won’t really solve anything.

          Besides that, most monarchies in Europe are just constitutional monarchies, which means that the monarch does not actually influence the politics.

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            1 hour ago

            The point is that turning Trump into a king won’t make your country any better.

            And that’s not really going to happen. Trump won’t be a king. It’s a joke. I know there are people who actually believe it’s happening and I am happy to laugh at them.

            Now, having said that, Hail to the King, baby!!!