From @JonCooper on 🦋 13 hrs ago:

[ginaintheburg@mastodon.world]

@edgeofeurope @the5thColumnist @JonCooper

Bu-bu-bu-but Harry had an illustrious 10-yr military career, including combat service in Afghanistan on the front lines as a helicopter pilot.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-ends-10-year-career-with-the-army/

And he's still in the line of succession. Unfortunately, there are 4 others ahead of him, including his asshat brother, William.

So maybe the Brits aren't so smart after all. ️

[edgeofeurope@mastodon.social]

@ginaintheburg @the5thColumnist @JonCooper I misread you there. What I meant is that Number One, Prince Boring in this case, never takes any great risk.

[ginaintheburg@mastodon.world]

@edgeofeurope @the5thColumnist @JonCooper

Prince Boring it is! Can we add Prince Petty? Because he's petty as heck.

[edgeofeurope@mastodon.social]

@ginaintheburg @the5thColumnist @JonCooper oh is he? I avoid news about royals. Happy to live in a republic, far away from "my" Dutch royal family.

[the5thcolumnist@mstdn.ca]

@edgeofeurope @ginaintheburg @JonCooper

Depends where you are I guess.

Happy to live in a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy rather than the shitshow of a republic to the south of us.

[ginaintheburg@mastodon.world]

@edgeofeurope @the5thColumnist @JonCooper

I'm not actually a royal watcher, I just find these things flash across my consciousness scrolling through Soc Media & news.

[ginaintheburg@mastodon.world]

@the5thColumnist @edgeofeurope @JonCooper

Now you're just rubbing it in.

Can we who did not vote for this "shit show" get a little sympathy, please?

[the5thcolumnist@mstdn.ca]

@ginaintheburg @edgeofeurope @JonCooper

I think your founding fathers made the error of assuming future political leaders would be good people that act in good faith when they designed their political institutions, and that voters would ensure that.

They never imagined the money as speech and corporations as people scenario and and a 2nd Amdt interpreted to mean "unregulated" gun ownership, amongst other things.

[ginaintheburg@mastodon.world]

@the5thColumnist @edgeofeurope @JonCooper

Indeed this is true. Thank you for understanding.

Unfortunately, their confidence in the essential decency & intelligence of humankind did not anticipate the corrosive effect of modern tech & media that constantly plays to the most base instincts & rewards authoritarians with unrivaled reach & influence coupled with an only-profits-matter school of capitalism. We left Adam Smith behind a looong time ago.

[ginkka@mastodon.social]

@ginaintheburg @JonCooper our queen (reservist) and princess (corporal) are doing better, ffs

[ginkka@mastodon.social]

@edgeofeurope at least they (our royals) are not afraid of army and mud. @ginaintheburg @the5thColumnist @JonCooper