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minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·12 hours agoMeanwhile in America: Oh hey, a former president died. Anyway, time to get to work.
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 hours agoBut Queen Elizabeth was not “former” queen. What would happen if a President would die (of natural causes) on the job?
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 hours agoThe current one? Parties in the streets!
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoFormerly, there’d be an outpouring like JFK if it was dramatic enough, but no pomp and circumstance on the scale of the Queen. Now? It would be a shitshow divided by party affiliation :/
minus-squareSandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoI support the death of who ever is the president of America
minus-squareEq0@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoScale it considering that a president is appointed for 4 years, a monarch for life. Overall, I don’t find it weird that people need time to mourn when their political system gets a good shake…
Meanwhile in America: Oh hey, a former president died. Anyway, time to get to work.
But Queen Elizabeth was not “former” queen. What would happen if a President would die (of natural causes) on the job?
The current one? Parties in the streets!
Formerly, there’d be an outpouring like JFK if it was dramatic enough, but no pomp and circumstance on the scale of the Queen.
Now? It would be a shitshow divided by party affiliation :/
I support the death of who ever is the president of America
Scale it considering that a president is appointed for 4 years, a monarch for life. Overall, I don’t find it weird that people need time to mourn when their political system gets a good shake…