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Re:Overpaid CEOs 2019 by deogeo on Saturday February 23, 2019 @09:19AM (#19233395)
> I think it just boils down to the fact that humans sort of instinctively (or maybe culturally?) like the idea of royalty.

Until they don't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

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Re:Overpaid CEOs 2019 by wsgeorge on Saturday February 23, 2019 @12:21PM (#19234285)
The history of France right after the revolution invalidates this. Napoleon happened. And there was a restoration of the monarchy for a while.
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Re:Overpaid CEOs 2019 by baud147258 on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:47AM (#19244367)
And after the restoration of the monarchy, there was a short republic, then another autocrat, Napoleon III with the second empire.
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