Modern science can only dismiss the cult of " royalty " as humbug

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Thomas Paine on the absurdity of an hereditary monarchy ...

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After having helped the American colonists shake off their reluctance to secede from the British Empire, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) turned his attention to the ...]

The capitalist ruling class of the United States has always envied British Royalty . But the very American Revolution of 1776 - which in the writing of Thomas Paine disavowed the very idea of " royalty ," of " divine right " - put these wealthy capitalist families " ON THE THRONE " , so to speak , in bourgeois democracy .
For CENTURIES the common people were hypnotized by royalty and even by ABSOLUTE MONARCHY .
A great beginning for Western democracy was the Greek defeat of the Persian army of Darius at Marathon. But hardy three centuries later Julius Caesar was in demand as " King Caesar " in Rome.
There could be ZOOLOGICAL explanations for the human race submitting to the GREAT ONE and his clan for so many centuries. But modern science can only dismiss historic royalty as HUMBUG .
Don't underestimate the role of the printing press in raising the spirits of " deplorables " everywhere.

The decisive Battle of Marathon