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American Pro-Monarchism
By: Starling Date: July 21, 2020, 7:32 am
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Alexander Hamilton, one of the US Founders, outright advocated
for a monarch on grounds that it will be just for all citizens.
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[quote]If government in the hands of the few, they will
tyrannize over the many.
If (in) the hands of the many, they will tyrannize over the few.
It ought to be in the hands of both; and they should be
separated.
This separation must be permanent.
Representation alone will not do.
Demagogues will generally prevail.
And if separated, they will need a mutual check.
This check is a monarch.
...
The monarch must have proportional strength. He ought to be
hereditary, and to have so much power, that it will not be his
interest to risk much to acquire more.
The advantage of a monarch is this—he is above corruption—he
must always intend, in respect to foreign nations, the true
interest and glory of the people.[/quote]
Trump's shitshow circus proves that Hamilton was really onto
something.
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Re: American Pro-Monarchism
By: guest5 Date: January 26, 2021, 1:24 am
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Prussian scheme
[quote]The Prussian scheme is the name of a reported 1786
attempt by President of the Continental Congress Nathaniel
Gorham, acting in possible concert with other persons
influential in the government of the United States, to establish
a monarchy in the U.S. under the rule of Henry of Prussia, a
prince of the House of Hohenzollern, possibly to resolve the
ongoing political crises occurring during the last days of the
Articles of Confederation. The attempt may have died due to a
lack of interest on Henry's part, popular opposition to a
rumored proposal involving a different potential monarch, the
convening of the Philadelphia Convention, or some combination
thereof. [/quote]
Post-revolutionary monarchist tendencies
[quote]The protracted disturbances created by the shortcomings
of the Articles of Confederation as the United States'
constitution, which culminated in Shays' Rebellion, reportedly
gave rise to a "class of men in the community who gave very
serious apprehensions to the advocates for a Republican form of
government".[1] Prior to, and following, the May 1787 convening
of the Philadelphia Convention, widely circulated rumors
reported that the conclave was meeting for the purpose of
offering to enthrone Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
as king of the United States.[2] So acute were the rumors that
the convention issued a public denial that any proposal for a
reestablishment of monarchy was being considered, the denial
later being repeated in a letter sent by Alexander Martin to the
governor of North Carolina.[2][/quote]
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Re: American Pro-Monarchism
By: guest5 Date: January 29, 2021, 12:28 pm
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[quote]Monarchy can easily be "debunked", but watch the faces,
mark well the accents of the debunkers. These are the men (or
women) whose taproot in Eden has been cut -- whom no rumor of
the polyphony, the dance, can reach – men to whom pebbles laid
in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Yet even if they
desire mere equality they cannot reach it. Where men are
forbidden to honor a king they honor millionaires, athletes, or
film-stars instead -- even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For
spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served -- deny it
food and it will gobble poison. — C.S. Lewis[/quote]
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[quote]Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either
aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long.
It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a
democracy that did not commit suicide. — John Adams[/quote]
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[quote]When America set out to destroy Kings and Lords and
Masters, and the whole paraphernalia of European superiority, it
pushed a pin right through its own body, and on that pin it
still flaps and buzzes and twists in misery. The pin of
democratic equality. Freedom. There’ll never be any life in
America till you pull the pin out and admit natural inequality.
Natural superiority, natural inferiority. Till such time,
Americans just buzz round like various sorts of propellers,
pinned down by their freedom and equality. — D.H.
Lawrence[/quote]
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