Commenter calls the strategy a tool to "fool the masses"
3 Nov 2 9:08 AM · 10d ago · 1 comment · 1 source · development 3 of 5
HN commenter Almondsetat cites the article's Bagehot quote on royal "mystery" to argue the strategy exists to preserve an illusion rather than hold the powerful accountable.
“This makes it evident how this strategy exists to maintain the "magic" and fool the masses. It has no place in a progressive society...”
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As Bagehot is quoted saying in the article: "Above all things our royalty is to be reverenced, and if you begin to poke about it you cannot reverence it... Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic".This makes it evident how this strategy exists to maintain the "magic" and fool the masses. It has no place in a progressive…
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