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These are all opinion pieces right? Also why are the Kennedys still relevant I thought Americans hated dynasties? Junior just needs to shut the fuck up.
America doesn't hate dynasties. Sometimes I think America is more obsessed with the British royal family than the English.
Just look at how many Americans obsess over the Kardashians. Just look at who America elects. The Kennedys, the Bushes, the Clintons, etc. If Michelle Obama ran for president, I strongly suspect she'd win.
Look at how America treats the 'first lady' like she's a defacto queen. It's genuinely weird. Why should someone unelected have power, have an entire office or represent the president at events, just because they're married to the president?
OTOH when the actual queen is just a figurehead, treating someone like a de facto queen doesn't seem terribly inappropriate.
That implies queens are innately figureheads. Monarchs have power, by original definition of the political title, and are made figureheads when stripped of active usage of that power.
Everybody hates dynasties until they find someone to idolise. Junior being batshit is possibly the only thing that could make Americans (and frankly, the world) fall out of love with the idea of the Kennedys.