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To: Fiji Hill

That was Louis XVIII of France.
You could have reasonably applied it to Fernando VII of Spain, probably, similar mindset.
Both were hell-bent on restoration, instead of adaptation to changed circumstances.

But thats back in the XIX century.

The Bourbons were, more generally, held to be leading edge innovators, as monarchs went. Not always to good ends.


70 posted on 07/07/2024 7:28:12 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya

Native Hawaiians have a problem with tourists-the militant ones.

George Orwell was one of the Catalonia ‘tourists’.


72 posted on 07/07/2024 7:29:49 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: buwaya

Then there was Louis XIX, who was appropriately named—he was king for 19 minutes.


83 posted on 07/07/2024 7:54:01 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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