Reply #46: I see it simply as another piece of the "elitist" puzzle-board.

[LanternWaste]

The monarchy is a very traditional idea; and I imagine many people are on the trendy, anti-traditional-anything bandwagon (got the t-shirt too-- with a few stains of a 1986 Chateau Mondotte intentionally placed where everyone can see them), reveling in a 250 years old postpartum celebration that allowed our own, slave-owning leaders to break from the "other" slave-owning leaders who just happened to be members of a monarchy.

I imagine many people believe that America is righteous, pure and without sin-- a model of decorum and civility that the rest of the world should emulate in both government and sugar-free snack drinks. And to those countries which don't copy our model precisely are either vilified or ridiculed to a degree usually reserved for actual evil deeds and actions, as it's dramatic and self-serving.

I see it simply as another piece of the "elitist" puzzle-board.