Political Points
Nov. 8th, 2020 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloWhen I'm reading my old posts (which I sometimes do because I'm vain) I usually skip the political ones- because nothing goes off as quickly as a satire on a politician once he's been removed from office.
Periods of political upheaval are frequently capped by the restoration of the ancien regime- generally accompanied by the ringing of church bells and the throwing of flowers. Thus England's experiment with republicanism was followed by the return of the Stuarts and France's Napoleonic era by the return of the Bourbons. After a period of excitement we yearn for the familiar. Better a King Log who just lies there than a King Stork who eats his subjects- though after a few years of King Log we forget how much we suffered under his predecessor and start complaining about how boring he is. Donald Trump isn't exactly King Stork and Joe Biden isn't entirely King Log- but you get my drift....
Periods of political upheaval are frequently capped by the restoration of the ancien regime- generally accompanied by the ringing of church bells and the throwing of flowers. Thus England's experiment with republicanism was followed by the return of the Stuarts and France's Napoleonic era by the return of the Bourbons. After a period of excitement we yearn for the familiar. Better a King Log who just lies there than a King Stork who eats his subjects- though after a few years of King Log we forget how much we suffered under his predecessor and start complaining about how boring he is. Donald Trump isn't exactly King Stork and Joe Biden isn't entirely King Log- but you get my drift....
