No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain

Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by hnfong on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:01PM (#35789651)

This is unfounded speculation but perhaps the difference is that a lot of people in the US voluntarily migrated there, while we know how the English crown got to rule over Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland.....

> I disagree with that - someone is forgetting about the origin of "Let's go Brandon"

The US system is "fine" with 49% of the population hating the elected president. The president is not the monarch, nor representing the supreme political ideal. AFAICT the equivalent of anti-monarchy in the US is denouncing the US constitution.

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Re:No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain by smcl on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:22AM (#35801507)

> we know how the English crown got to rule over Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland

That's true for Wales and Northern Ireland, but the original union of the crowns had the Scottish king becoming the king of both England and Scotland.

But yeah the US equivalent might be insulting the constitution or even the flag.

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