In comments to the Prince Charles post below, Glenn writes:
Yes, by all means, let's celebrate [Charles]. He has only spent his life idly sucking at the public teat while helping to perpetuate an utterly indefensible system for picking the head of state (not to mention male-preference primogeniture) that most modern states threw overboard centures ago. Splendid chap.
To this, BB responds:
Wait, are you opposing monarchy to our own political regime where:
a. the stronger of the two parties is outright owned and operated by the Bush family.
b. the weaker of the two parties has a strong propensity to be owned and operated by the Clinton family.
c. many of the leaders of the weaker party are products of the 40 year old Burton-Brown machine (Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer)?
d. Senate and congressional seats are often bequeathed to family members?
e. Families like the Kochs, the Ahmansons, the Mellons, the Waltons and so on are known to regularly and reliably outright buy government decisions?
What say the rest of you?
