For all practical purposes the office of the American President has become one of an uncrowned king.

There are many, many steps that led us to this point, but the parallels are blatant and numerous. Our uncrowned king has the power of life and death over his citizens, the authority to impose laws via fiat, and no accountability to any save the nobles which are the only check on his power.

There's only one major difference, and it's a difference that allows the king to continue to blatantly ignore the peasants. Our king has no Noblesse Oblige.

This concept is usually ridiculed as a condescending and arrogant attitude, but if one looks at the history of the concept, it's a necessary and vital concept to have when paired with nearly unlimited power. It is the concept that those with power are obligated to take care of those that are beneath him. It's highly appropriate, especially in these times of such glaring economic, social and political inequalities, to remember how such inequalities were historically maintained.

Despite what many naysayers and modern fantasists claim, medieval and pre-industrial work was not at the backbreaking pace that we currently enjoy. A peasant would scoff at the standard claim of the modern slavemaster/manager "If you have time to lean, you have time to clean." Any man who attempted to maintain that kind of single minded devotion would be at best ignored, and at worst suffer a "Non-industrial Accident."

Peasants got constant holidays, opportunities to enjoy time with their fellow man, and even their own justice system, separated from the ludicrously punishing system of the lords. Many times, peasants were left on their own, with little to no oversight from the "lord" whose focus was solely on war. (If of course we're going with the Feudal system, which specified the obligations to fight. In addition, the time was severely limited, ensuring that people could look to their families, and a king who abused that right of war-making was quickly deposed.)

Was everything better? Of course not. The modern man will point out many conveniences, quality of life improvements and enlightened stances not possible in a pre-industrial society. All of which are slowly being relegated to the rich. Thanks to the inequality, the benefits of our industrial society have been given over to those that can afford to pay. Considering that the wealth only exists because it is propped up by the military and the ruling class, we have effectively created a noble class that ensures that the only measure of value is exclusively allocated to them and them alone.

So, if they're going to act like kings, they should act like kings. As much as Americans might mock the British for maintaining their royal family, I'd like to point out that many of them actually served their people in the capacity that royalty was set up for. Fighting Wars. Our own noble class cannot be bothered, obsessed with "Ruling" via fiat and sending others to die in their place.

I say this not because I believe in royalty, but rather I acknowledge its existence. Royalty is a luxury that the human race must either embrace or abandon. If we grant them the power, they must take everything that goes along with it. The illusion and lie of Democracy in America is crumbling at a rapid pace. Many do not believe it even exists.

Down with King Trump.

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