A Very Special Royal News Brief: American Media Gushes Over Loser British Monarchy
Added 2022-09-20 20:25:32 +0000 UTCIn this Patron News Brief, we wish a dubious farewell to QEII and examine the American pathology––both organic and media-curated––of obsessing over weird British royals.
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We've seen plenty of coverage of it in Australia, which isn't that surprising as we're part of the commonwealth. It's easy enough to ignore. I find the American fascination with the monarchy bizarre, specifically because that country was founded following an armed rebellion against the British.
Rorie
2022-09-22 00:57:59 +0000 UTCThe monarchy is good for tourism? Ya, cause you need an active monarch to get people to go to a countries castles. Then why do people go Versailles when the French killed off their monarch.
Ben Gialenios
2022-09-20 22:56:28 +0000 UTCThank you for doing this!! I was born when Eisenhower was president & even growing up in the 60s & 70s I thought it was so bizarre that the stupid American public had any interest in these decadent Euro zombies and their "subjects"/ followers or vassals or whatever we choose to call them. There are certain British cultural touchstones I greatly enjoyed over time (Monty Python, Alan Moore, Joy Division and even most of Dr. Who come to mind) but why should we give a damn about the German family heading the Brit empire? I'll disagree that it's "bourgeois" propaganda, I think even the original boozhies were anti-Monarchical, per Marx. Actually, I respect Ren fair folks or "Furries" more than anyone whose interested in inbred Royals & their pathetic lives. Thank you for calling them "loser"s, it's appropriate!
Mark Schneider
2022-09-20 21:49:09 +0000 UTC
