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Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social |
yes, yes, biden's age is the most important issue because we have a system of government in which if we elect a mad king with no viable heirs there is no provision to maintain the realm in the event of his death
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Torsten Kathke
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Oh no. I'm gonna need to rewrite some stuff.
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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་
@riwoche.bsky.social
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Not since Ernst Kanterowicz's "The King's Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology" has there been such a proleptic skeet on the notion of kingship and succession
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EyeOnStalk
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Except there is an “heir”! Harris. Her entire constitutional role is to be the heir.
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@seosamh.bsky.social
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Surely, we can just appoint a regent.
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👻joy meads👻
@capnjoy.bsky.social
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I mean I think we just saw in Trump that it’s functionally impossible to get rid of even the most harmful president if they don’t go along with it. So; yeah.
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@flat5flat9.bsky.social
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Your point is spot on the nose - if this kind of thing mattered. I worry that the election isn't about facts or ideas, but about emotional resonance - just a HS student body president race writ large. We are betting the future of the republic on factors that should matter but don't.
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No, like Chaucer
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I think letting Hunter inherit the throne would work out better than putting the House of Trump in there. Even while he was actively smoking crack.
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