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Re:Google Parent Alphabet and Aramco in Talks to Build Tech ... by maze-le on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:26AM (#16282450)
Thats because absolute monarchies were the status quo in the 19th century (except for switzerland and france -- on and off). Conservatism is a political agenda to preserve the status quo. Going further back and revive concepts of a long forgotten past is usually called reactionary.
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Re:Google Parent Alphabet and Aramco in Talks to Build Tech ... by arethuza on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:32AM (#16282521)
What is now the UK hasn't had anything like an absolute monarch since the 17th century - indeed you could argue that the last one got his head chopped off!
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