Lately, for reasons that simply boggle the mind, there has been a lot of talk about kings and emperors and authoritarians of all character and class (or lack thereof). The world seems to be falling back into its old “comfortable” ways of abdication of responsibility to a strong “Dear Leader” to pledge one’s fealty and blindly follow without question, and thus without thought. We are experiencing events not seen in nearly 100 years, and many see harsh and staggering parallels…

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