This writer’s predictions makes Edgar Rice Burroughs look like a writer of non-fiction.
https://barsoom.substack.com/p/why-america-cant-win-world-war-iii
Constitutional monarch is a better sounding title than puppet monarch, in much the same way that sales associate is more pleasing to the ears than sales clerk. But a well-liked puppet was all the late EIIR could aspire to be, and this goes back to the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, after which English monarchs ruled only in name. Britain is a de facto crowned republic. The monarch interferes only at the risk of turning crowned republic into de jure republic minus the crown. And there is no upside, no realistic prospect of the Crown regaining or wielding its ancient prerogative of absolute power, of rule by personal edict.
Three hundred years ago, the Crown had a firm grip on the puppet throne, which came with pecuniary benefits, because the powerholders in Parliament were either blue bloods themselves or aspired towards the peerage. Today, only the Tories are reliable supporters of the Crown as an institution. The day the Crown takes a strong stand on a controversial national issue is the day it begins to write itself out of the history books.
...interesting points....!!! BTW, the official Royal Cypher or whatever it is called is now CIIIR....?? this is a monumental situation because every incoming monarch takes a different crown than his/her predecessor, and that is reflected in their military cap badges, official documents, etc....will be interesting to watch....
So, that’s interesting.
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Thanks for pointing me to this author's earlier essay. It puts into one place all of the concerns non-neocon/non-Booyah Freepers have expressed over the past couple of years.
He is very humble about his "predictions", and they really don't amount to predictions so much as reasonable conclusions from widely available data.