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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Defending Monarchy/Hierarchy

 

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.”


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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.

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A related word on this comes from Mr Paul Gottfried:

https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/blog/books-in-brief--america-s-revolutionary-mind/

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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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