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In reply to the discussion: Obama repeals Magna Carta, asserting powers our forefathers denied to Kings [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)...is that so many here would embrace the Pre-Magna Carta Powers of a new Royal King, one who is above question, oversight, or Constitutional Restraints.
Before the American revolution, there were colonists who remained loyal to King George (Tories, Royalists), and preferred living under a King.
But even they never supported a King with the unilateral powers claimed by our Unitary Executive under the sanction of a Perpetual WAR on a Word ("Terror"
.
I guess there will always be people who seek the illusion of comfort from an All Powerful Protector, one who is above reproach or question.
(Its OK because I trust him!)
I sometimes envy those who are capable of bestowing THAT much trust and responsibility in a man.
Of course, in ye olde tymes, that person was believed to be a direct descendent of GAWD,
so it was easier to assume such a submissive posture,
and go mindlessly about the business of a peasant.
Those who don't know History,
are destined to repeat it.
Everybody, please reset your clocks to Pre-1215AD.