The Last King

Memorial Service for his majesty king mihai at the Royal Palace. Romanians come from all over the country saying goodbye to the last king of Romania [More]

A little Google-translated Thomas Paine seems appropriate for all those mourning subjects kneeling and crossing themselves. They remind me of ex-East Germans who long for the good old days:

Deoarece ideea legiuitorilor ereditori este la fel de incoerentă ca cea a judecătorilor ereditari sau a juriilor ereditare; și la fel de absurd ca un matematician ereditar sau un om înțelept ereditar; și la fel de ridicol ca un laureat ereditar de poet.

The old order is what kept their ancestors in crushing poverty. But even so:

She said the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty that ruled Romania from 1866 until Michael's abdication "brought civilization and prosperity to us. I am convinced Romania would have been better with a monarchy."

Those who have lived through both systems know the difference between a monarchy and communist totalitarianism.

Americans once rebelled against monarchy. Isn't it something that the movement now is toward communism, something the useful idiots clamoring for have no idea what it would end up meaning for them?