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kbneal.bsky.social
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2 days ago
I'm enjoying all the clever "calling yourself a king doesn't make you a king" posts, but also thinking that from a medieval perspective, that is kind of exactly how it starts, so...
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lucyelm.bsky.social
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2 days ago
My brain is always thinking about legitimation of power but whew it’s very pertinent right now
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mlungu.bsky.social
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2 days ago
To be fair, you needed the clergy and the army to call you king as well.
This is arguably more interesting, because we’re about to find out how powerful the American founding myth actually is.
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vk3gg.bsky.social
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2 days ago
Isn't that how all kings stay? Challenge the orthodoxy?
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vk3gg.bsky.social
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2 days ago
* start * dang it.
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medievalshiney.bsky.social
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2 days ago
Surely it starts with a moistened bint /scimitar combo
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jasonptrdavies.bsky.social
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2 days ago
As the late great Kliban put it…
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This is arguably more interesting, because we’re about to find out how powerful the American founding myth actually is.