Why are American fascinated by the monarchy?
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lovetoread
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I cannot stand them. I do not know why anyone would like them.
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Have ours we got some to spare
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Because we don't have one.
The Kardashians are our rubber-necking at an impending a train-wreck. Everyone loves a good train-wreck.
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Why are American fascinated by the monarchy?
... "Americans" aren't. Some idiots are but whatever. They are the same people that are all star-struck when some actor/actress is having dinner in the same restaurant as them. It isn't an American thing, it is an inappropriate understanding of the relative value of social status thing.
... "Americans" aren't. Some idiots are but whatever. They are the same people that are all star-struck when some actor/actress is having dinner in the same restaurant as them. It isn't an American thing, it is an inappropriate understanding of the relative value of social status thing.
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The Royal family are a net contributor to the treasury, that's even before you add in the tourist value. God knows, I'm no monarchist, but this argument is just wrong.
Sean Renaud
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Because God was right and all men want Kings.
lovetoread
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If'n you wasn't supporting them, you wouldn't need the extra tourist money.
Even if it is Monopoly money.
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Not my argument, I was just saying....
Sean
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They're better behaved AND more educated than the freaking Kardashians!!!
Well, not exactly "fascinated" . . . It is of some practical importance to us, actually. There's a little-known clause in the Treaty of Paris (1783), and to date it always has been honored, that when a British monarch dies, we get to use the corpse for Satanic rituals performed by the Supreme Court in the Capitol Rotunda at midnight. It's how we maintain such a high GDP. And they're all cannibals, you know, most American judges are, at least at the federal level.
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BoyNextDoor
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Here is a more telling "American" reaction:
“How repugnant it is that people CHOOSE to call someone in the 21st century your highness"?
- Bill Maher
“How repugnant it is that people CHOOSE to call someone in the 21st century your highness"?
- Bill Maher
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Mencken said royals obsess Americans because its a status we cant buy or put out for or acquire from merit or inherit.
Wallis Simpson put out for it and it almost worked, so it's not flatly impossible.
KRCummings
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Deep down we're still British.
BoyNextDoor
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No fucking way. You need to explain that.
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she is way too sleazy. the royals are classy
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What would the response be if say Harry hitched up with an American girl and you lot had your very own Princess - I suspect that we would never hear the last of it.
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we're not in the Euro.
geronimo_appleby
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What would the response be if say Harry hitched up with an American girl and you lot had your very own Princess - I suspect that we would never hear the last of it.
psssssssssssst - harry isn't really a royal
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The royals prolly have more American blood than most Americans. And the day is coming when the royals have a dollop of African blood and can dance.
