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110. No Americans should have some self awareness and stop lecturing everyone else.

We haven't just elected a regressive political force but the stupidest most racist chief executive and head of state in the world. If you had any awareness of how this is perceived around the world then you would realize how ridiculous it is for Americans to offer any advice to anyone at this point in history.

Beyond that you have a very weak understanding of what the Head of State is and how it functions.

The head of state is the symbol of unity for the country and allows, in most cases, for a non-political moral force to speak to the larger issues of society. For example in Germany when the political parties have come to a disastrous log jam in forming a new government, which could open the opportunity for far right parties to gain if another election is held today. Head of State President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has intervened lecturing all of the larger parties to put the country first. Some countries choose to elect a head of state and others choose to use a royal structure which intends to strengthen familial ties with the idea that everyone in the country is part of a larger national family.

This is what a head of state can do. Lincoln did it, Roosevelt did it and Obama did it.

Queen Elizabeth, the Head of State for the UK, has been supportive of efforts to have universal health care extended as a way of healing the country after WWII.

Prince Charles has assisted the country by talking openly about the problem of mental illness and the effects of his mothers violent death when he was young:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/20/mental-health-royal-family-government-children-illness

The public profile of mental health experienced another boost this week, thanks to some moving comments made by Prince Harry and the Duke of Cambridge about the impact of their mother’s death, nearly 20 years ago. The two royals are working for the Heads Together campaign, which seeks to combat the stigma surrounding mental health issues, and to encourage people to speak more openly about their difficulties.

Harry’s admission that he had ignored his own emotional distress for several years before eventually having counselling was a valuable contribution, from a figure more commonly associated with laddish machismo. William’s focus on male suicide statistics was also a good use of his celebrity.

The royal family cannot get involved in divisive party political issues, and so we can only conclude from these interventions that mental health is something that exists beyond the fray of politics. Breaking the “stigma” surrounding mental health issues is certainly not something that one would want to identify as a leftwing or a rightwing agenda.

You have made a big investment to show enormous rage not on someone who is Head of State or next to head of state but is currently 5th in line, and is very unlikely to ever become Head of State.

Your comments are chauvinistic, patronizing, ignorant and unhelpful to informed discourse. It is very similar to the kind of ignorant outbursts that Trump exercises when he lectures other countries how they should run their country.

The British will tell you to a person that they really don't need any assistance from you on how to structure their government, their society or their royal family. They have done quite well to achieve a higher educated, less violent society that embraces excellent health care for all of their citizens. You would be well advised to delete the OP because you clearly have little understanding of the issue.

That you would somehow infer that we should not interfere with another country's internal affairs is an argument that we should adopt their system displays just how American-centric you are (again, like Trump).

Not everything is about us. We should be concerned about putting out our own fires and not try to live up to the terrible image that Trump presents.