The royalties of northern Europe is just like your other celebrity families, like the Smith's, the Kardasian's, the Kennedy's, the Bush's, etc, in that the money is really in the tabloid material generated thereof. Keep eyeballs on screen and generate ad revenue, so you can get paid for the meet and greets, speaking engagements, productization, etc. That's why I call the monarchies government mandated celebrities.

No lie though, as a mountain monkey, I love the Norwegian king and queen. I'm at bit ambivalent wether or not it should continue after.

But hey, as long as the king delivers heartwarming morale and the queen is putting money into cultural preservation, both being more progressive than most US politician, while having none of the political power, then it's grawl gravy.

10/10. Would go for modern monarchy again.

Nationalism can suck my balls though.

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

American here, and if I may comment about one point you made

both being more progressive than most US politician(s)

We don’t really have progressive politicians, (Bernie Sanders may be the exception?) only some less conservative than the others. It’s eventually going to fall like Rome, probably in my lifetime. I just hope that some other place is willing to take me in when it does, and that I also have the means to get there. That is, if Mother Earth doesn’t decide to exorcize all of us first.