I Love the Monarchy
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BECOMING A ROYALIST [/center][/b]
If you lean conservative (particularly if you are a woman) then the Netflix series [i]The Crown[/i] will turn you into a full-fledged Royalist. At the end of the first season my friend [b]Rachel Lu[/b] did a review called :[i] “The Crown: A Celebration of Traditionalism”[/i] [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2jZDLs0[/c]: Here's an excerpt:
“Now that I’ve watched the first season, I need to confess my dark secret. I have monarch envy. It wasn’t always so. I was never particularly drawn to the celebrity cult of the Royals. I’ve changed my mind. I want royalty. It’s rather a piteous plight for an American.....
Clearly, monarchy is no longer a major political force in the developed world. Britain still has a royal family, but today they are primarily figureheads....We Americans, with our pragmatic Everyman ideals, tend to see the royal family as (at best) a walking museum piece, or (at worst) a cultural affectation.... Perhaps we are missing something.[i] The Crown[/i] gives us the hard sell on that possibility....
The monarchy may not be politically powerful anymore, but the crown is still heavy, both literally and figuratively....[b]Tradition is weighty, but someone has to try to carry that weight. Heavy is the head that bears the crown....[/b][emphasis added]
Again and again, [i]The Crown[/i] reminds us that unlike elected officials (who are answerable first and foremost to the people), a monarch is answerable only to God. In the United States, we don’t have any politicians like that. Every member of our government is answerable to a merely human “boss,” whether that is a particular person or the voting public. We tend to be proud of our “founded on an idea” non-monarchical government. Maybe it would be nice, though, to have a public official somewhere who felt more directly answerable to God?.....
My greatest fear for [i]The Crown [/i]is that it can’t endure. It’s hard to imagine the show could stay this good for very long....
I’ll definitely give it a chance, though. With such a great first season, there’s reason to hope. In these benighted times we could all use a little dose of dignity. It’s worth indulging some monarch envy to get it. God save the queen!”
If you haven't seen [i]The Crown[/i], go over to Netflix and binge....
You will be a better person for it...a better ordered person.
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BECOMING A ROYALIST [/center][/b]
If you lean conservative (particularly if you are a woman) then the Netflix series [i]The Crown[/i] will turn you into a full-fledged Royalist. At the end of the first season my friend [b]Rachel Lu[/b] did a review called :[i] “The Crown: A Celebration of Traditionalism”[/i] [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2jZDLs0[/c]: Here's an excerpt:
“Now that I’ve watched the first season, I need to confess my dark secret. I have monarch envy. It wasn’t always so. I was never particularly drawn to the celebrity cult of the Royals. I’ve changed my mind. I want royalty. It’s rather a piteous plight for an American.....
Clearly, monarchy is no longer a major political force in the developed world. Britain still has a royal family, but today they are primarily figureheads....We Americans, with our pragmatic Everyman ideals, tend to see the royal family as (at best) a walking museum piece, or (at worst) a cultural affectation.... Perhaps we are missing something.[i] The Crown[/i] gives us the hard sell on that possibility....
The monarchy may not be politically powerful anymore, but the crown is still heavy, both literally and figuratively....[b]Tradition is weighty, but someone has to try to carry that weight. Heavy is the head that bears the crown....[/b][emphasis added]
Again and again, [i]The Crown[/i] reminds us that unlike elected officials (who are answerable first and foremost to the people), a monarch is answerable only to God. In the United States, we don’t have any politicians like that. Every member of our government is answerable to a merely human “boss,” whether that is a particular person or the voting public. We tend to be proud of our “founded on an idea” non-monarchical government. Maybe it would be nice, though, to have a public official somewhere who felt more directly answerable to God?.....
My greatest fear for [i]The Crown [/i]is that it can’t endure. It’s hard to imagine the show could stay this good for very long....
I’ll definitely give it a chance, though. With such a great first season, there’s reason to hope. In these benighted times we could all use a little dose of dignity. It’s worth indulging some monarch envy to get it. God save the queen!”
If you haven't seen [i]The Crown[/i], go over to Netflix and binge....
You will be a better person for it...a better ordered person.
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