That's the spirit!

Americans have nothing to lose -- We could use a good dose of Uppity Frenchmen and get our collective backs up. Solidarity.

@mistergibson @Katylou That’s … okay we’re on the same side but that sentence is strictly false

Some imagination plus some history will let you know OH NO it can get way way worse. And fixing damage is (no surprise) slower than making damage.

This is probably why it’s fine to be righteous about traditions and institutions, but you have to explain WHY and what happens IF NOT. Otherwise it just feels like disciplinarianism.

Sidenote: Constitutional monarchy, sorry to doubt you. Useful sink.

@mistergibson @Katylou I forgot to start off by saying you get no guarantee what you replace it with — even the French have been hitting “Republic Reset” key several times — mostly worked for them though

But bread & circuses — is a good thing if we change it to free education, free healthcare, and sports to substitute for war — loyalty is great for sports teams, not for politics and companies —

And monarchs to substitute for personality cults. Boris Johnson and Clive Palmer couldn’t be Trump