You said, in part: A very stark reminder that tradition trumps power
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Tradition is wonderful. We have traditions here in the US too. And when you come to this country, our traditions control over those one may bring here from abroad. As for power, the British certainly welcomed our power in WWII, and didn’t refuse the use of our power in the name of any sort of tradition.
We don't. Not like that. Having Pop carve the turkey or having the President walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the inauguration is not tradition. Well it is but it is not the standard of Old World tradition.
As for power, the British certainly welcomed our power in WWII, and didn’t refuse the use of our power in the name of any sort of tradition.
Power has its uses yes, to protect tradition, to salvage what we hold dear, but not to lord it over tradition as too many here want to do. It is in service to tradition but it is not more powerful. If it is, then we forget who we are and from whence we came.
Again as evidenced by many of the posts here