Been 3 years and I still think about this from time to time. Sooooo many boohoos over a monarchist 🙄

  • Eq0@literature.cafe
    81·
    2 months ago

    But Queen Elizabeth was not “former” queen. What would happen if a President would die (of natural causes) on the job?

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      Formerly, there’d be an outpouring like JFK if it was dramatic enough, but no pomp and circumstance on the scale of the Queen.

      Now? It would be a shitshow divided by party affiliation :/

      • Eq0@literature.cafe
        5·
        2 months ago

        Scale it considering that a president is appointed for 4 years, a monarch for life. Overall, I don’t find it weird that people need time to mourn when their political system gets a good shake…

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
          5·
          1 month ago

          when their political system gets a good shake…

          What shake? UK didn’t even had a small succession crisis, not even a tiny civil war