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I read this interesting article in the economist this week, regarding American Democracy and Monarchies.
In the light of the Queen (of GB) Visiting the USA, it does seem to be highlight a rather ironic fact that:
George Bush 89-93
Bill Clinton 93-03
George w Bush 01--09
Hilary Clinton?? 09--
See a pattern?
Ironic?
I just thought this was very Ironic, that the self-perceived beacon on Democracy seems to only have a few families brokering all the power, just like a Monarchy. The difference with GB is:
To me this is against all of what a Democracy should be about...
In the light of the Queen (of GB) Visiting the USA, it does seem to be highlight a rather ironic fact that:
George Bush 89-93
Bill Clinton 93-03
George w Bush 01--09
Hilary Clinton?? 09--
See a pattern?
But one of the most conspicuous things about America these days is that it does not take a visit from the British monarch to give the White House “an air of royalty”. In 2009 the betting is that America will see the son of a former president replaced by the wife of another former president. If Hillary Clinton is then re-elected in 2012, the world's greatest democracy will have been ruled by either a Bush or a Clinton for 28 years straight. And why should things end there? Michael Barone, author and pundit, points out that George P. Bush, the current president's nephew, will be eligible to run for the presidency in 2012, Chelsea Clinton will be eligible in 2016 and Jeb Bush will remain a viable candidate until 2024.
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9149798
Ironic?
I just thought this was very Ironic, that the self-perceived beacon on Democracy seems to only have a few families brokering all the power, just like a Monarchy. The difference with GB is:
But lately ambivalence is turning into out-and-out royalism. Montesquieu described 18th-century Britain as a republic in the guise of a monarchy, because the elite was happy to swap one royal family for another whenever it suited them (as in 1688 and 1714). These days, it is tempting to argue that America is becoming a monarchy in the guise of a republic.
To me this is against all of what a Democracy should be about...