How fucking insane is it that this continent still has kings and shit? Am I right? Fucking weird ass shit. Like Europe wants to fancy itself as a continent of rationality, but they allow people to exist that claim exorbitant wealth pillaged through global slavery and imperialism is a rite of blood. The Enlightenment in Europe is still an incomplete project and will remain so until the victory of communism. Am I right, comrades?

  • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    "but they allow people to exist that claim exorbitant wealth pillaged through global slavery and imperialism is a rite of blood"

    sorry but , please consider that most european Nations DONT have a History of Colonialism .... they even where enslaved themself often https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_slave_trade

    I think this "all Whites are Colonizers trope" is a Anglo coping System to spread the Responsibility around . And it is evidently confusing because it is simply a wrong .. that why it is confusing ...

    Bulgaria has no Inherant historical Guilt towards Africa , Sweden and Norway as Well , Switzerland , etc... so dont simply assume sin because they are on t he same continet and share the same skincolour ?

    also this "Right of Blood" , is an Historical Misconception , the Aristocrazy that is Imaginged today did never really existed ... The Aristorcazy was the Aristocray because its did hold land and prestige Titles and passed them to their children without much difference to todays , You will never find a medivial scripts in which someone is refeered to as "Blue Blood" or a Aristocrat... It simply did not exist... What you find is Title Holders ... as you can find today...

    • RealAssHistoryHours [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      You are conflating many different things here. The current heir to Bulgaria is a Saxe-Coburg-Gotha whose lineage can be traced directly to royalty from Brazil, Belgium, etc. and absolutely extracted wealth through colonialism. Are monarchs the same thing as "all white people" to you? There is no king of Switzerland either. Monarchy was also a distinct system of rites and inheritance from that of the lower aristocracy and did revolve around rite of blood. I would presume that 99/100 kings and queens have ill gotten wealth directly from colonial extirpation. I was unaware that monarchs were subjects of the Barbary slave trade. I renounce my former slander against them and instead offer my deepest sympathies. Also the rest of the ill gotten wealth that wasn't colonial can be covered by "imperialism" since these people literally called themselves emperors and extracted their wealth domestically as well through draconian tributary systems.

      • ThomasMuentzner [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Wierd Rambling , to High for a Red Line:

        I am not arguing for Monarchy but for against this "Broad Stroke"

        , most Dynasties in History did fall , Dynastie was for Millenia the guiding Goverment Form of the World ,since only about 100 years they stoped , so the dynasties that remain did , by evidence of Remaining, some Hustle To Remain : ..... some giving up of Power , some "Konstitutional Monarchy" initiation , so they have proven themself in their Duty to the State ... The crux with monarchs is , sometimes you get a bad one , and the Beauty about our Todays world is the Bad Ones can not hold on to Power long ... (looking at you "House of Thailand - Patenkirchen " , https://nypost.com/2016/10/13/thailands-new-king-is-a-kooky-crop-top-wearing-playboy/

        and the Ones that are good can actually use the "Magical - Monarchy - Mandate" they have in their citizens Mind to unite the Nation and stuff .... So i think my point it , yeah its kind of wierd that they still have these Monarchies everywhere ... in a Tabula Rasa Idealism Sense ...BUT .. in the view of History as a Process , ... Its very understanable .... Enlightenment also Enlighted the Monarchies...

        And when you dont have a King , you can not Hang the King , and Hanging your King is something every selfrespecting Nation should do once in a While ....

        Also : Check out Nepal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Nepal#:~:text=Finally%2C%20on%2028%20May%202008,also%20abolished%20in%20October%202008.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre

        Versus

        Bhutan : https://www.pinterest.ie/pin/586453182696699205/?amp_client_id=CLIENT_ID(_)&mweb_unauth_id={{default.session}}&amp_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.ie%2Famp%2Fpin%2F378020962453280734%2F

        "Weighted and Found Wanting" vs " Weighted and found to carry the Weight" if they carry the weight , they can live in the Fancy House and give the little Children something to Dream about and to visit a Factory Opening and other Community events "to see the Princess" and to have a Uniting voice for times of Crisis

        • And if they cant hold their Weight , at least you know who to Behead .... the King does not get away like the Burocrate and the Lobbist do ...

        those where some random thought s on Monarchy , i do not remember what my inital posistion was anyway so I dont know ... just Monarch stuff Fascinating ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbeucxbcFO4 Have a Nice one !