It is not
unusual to see people in the South and in other parts of the union link
monarchy with tyranny. One very recent
ensample comes from Mr Gail Jarvis:
https://www.reckonin.com/gail-jarvis/america-has-become-a-monarchy
This is part
of the legacy of the American Revolution, which was inspired in some measure by
the beliefs of the post-Great Schism ‘Enlightenment’ that man is autonomous (ruled
by himself) and not heteronomous (ruled by others):
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/paradiseutopia/when_pagandom_was_born_again_v
But in fact,
kings and other nobles are a great blessing.
Mr John Horvat explains:
. . . People
need heroic figures who can embody the best of humanity. There need to be
people who set the standard. Such figures are capable of great deeds and
actions. However, their main role is to unite, harmonize and elevate society by
the power of their presence. Take them away, and society decays into mediocrity
and sloth.
Indeed, sociologists recognize this innate need,
and some identify these figures as what are called “representative
characters.” As scholar Alasdair MacIntyre writes, such characters “are, so to
speak, the moral representatives of their culture and they are so because of
the way in which moral and metaphysical ideas and theories assume through them
an embodied existence in the social world.”
“A representative character is a kind of symbol,”
writes Robert N. Bellah. “It is a way by which we can bring together in one
concentrated image the way people in a given social environment organize and
give meaning and direction to their lives.”
. .
.
The role of true elites is to be representative
characters that engage, encourage, coax and interpret all that is most
excellent out of society. As for royals, they aim at such high standards that
many often take them to be the stuff of fairy tales. That is why all levels of
society find fulfillment in representative characters. Far from causing class
struggle, these figures serve to unify society around sublime ideals. Their
role is to sacrifice themselves for the common good of the nation.
Thus, the Queen commands the respect of
everyone—even the two errant royals. Despite her shortcomings, she endures well
into her nineties, representing the British nation with grace and dignity. She
is a living symbol of stability, self-sacrifice, and decorum in a cold, cruel,
and volatile world.
. . . contrary to the populist spirit of the times,
society needs good elites who can be those representative characters that
sociologists claim are essential.
Society needs models, and youth need heroes. People
are tired of ideological and partisan political agendas. There must be those
who sacrifice for the common good.
Above all, this kind of society presupposes the
help of God’s grace to overcome the weakness of fallen human nature. That is
why true elites are naturally Christian. The supreme figure is Our Lord Jesus
Christ, Who embraced the Cross and died on it to provide a divinely heroic
model for all ages to come.
--https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/03/failure-meghan-harry-monarchy-elites-john-horvat.html
It is quite
out of character for the South to reject Christian hierarchy; such was always a
vital part of her identity. The sooner
she jettisons the un-Christian/Enlightenment baggage of the American Founding
and Lincolnian Re-Founding, the better off she (and the world) will be.
***
A related
word on this comes from Mr Paul Gottfried:
https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/blog/books-in-brief--america-s-revolutionary-mind/
--
Holy Ælfred
the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to
the Union!
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