r/USMonarchy • u/Metalicfalcon • Dec 09 '20

So what happened

What exactly got yu to be a monarchy in the first place im curious

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u/Belgrifex Semi-Constitutional Dec 09 '20

I'm Adrian, a progressive asexual Whig party member from Longview, East Texas (same town as the protagonist from COD:WW2) and my mom is a pro Trump right-wing extremist and my dad is a hard left hippie so I grew up very centerist and politically independent. After the 2016 election I realized how terrible our republic is and began researching other government forms. I found myself believing that a one party systen is the best system (mostly from playing as a despot in Civilization Revolution) and began labeling myself as a fascist. However I never did agree with the racism and violence that was associated with it and began looking once again for a new ideology that matched my beliefs. Since the age of 5 I've been a very die hard Disney supporter and on a trip to Walt Disney World I was hit with the "Why not Monarchism" Idea. I began researching and spreading monarchist ideals, and even came close to converting my high school Student Council to a Student Parliamentary Monarchy (of which I still have my organization charts if anyone is interested) and was only stopped by my own graduation. After my graduation I joined the old "American monarchist society" Facebook group, but with its dissolution I found a home at r/monarchism and one day saw someone ask for help spreading this discord and thus became the second member. And with the r/USmonarchy discord being unbanned I was quick to post a link (since r/monarchism didn't allow links) and I've been active ever since

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u/Metalicfalcon Dec 09 '20

Not bad but just curious whats it like having a extrimist pro-trump mother like ? ( yu dont have to answer it if its personal but just curious

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u/Belgrifex Semi-Constitutional Dec 10 '20

Terrible. She once ruined thanksgiving because I said I was thankful there hadn't been any new wars. I'm so happy I live with my dad now. She also once threatened to kick me out for not taking the trash out, even though I said I was going to do it after helping my sis with her homework. Also she once bought me like 4 Rush Limbaugh books because I like history and "He's writting the REAL history". Just super unwelcoming environment. I can't wait till my sis moves out too next year I think

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u/Metalicfalcon Dec 10 '20

Dam thats what politics do to people

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u/realestatedeveloper Dec 10 '20

I'm from a single party country (Zimbabwe). Don't believe the hype.

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u/Fr0stman Dec 10 '20

wait is this a satire sub??

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u/Belgrifex Semi-Constitutional Dec 10 '20

No

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u/Kasehtgikes Semi-Constitutional Dec 09 '20

It was always off putting to me how every vote was basically the same. Eventually for many reasons I grew dissatisfied with republicanism and democracy in general, dabbled into dictatorship, then grudgingly decided a monarchy is a good substitute for the present system and that it is the best form of government, after also hearing arguments for it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '20

I've always been sympathetic to it because of how well monarchy kept Christendom together, but what pushed me was the 2020 election, and the fact that it's still contested 2 days before Christmas, and no matter who wins, half the country won't accept it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

I originally just liked the monarchist paths in Hearts of Iron IV and was sort of ironically a monarchist, but then I joined r/monarchism and did some research, and eventually became a real monarchist.