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Burke Anonymous Sat Sep 4 15:52:58 2021 No.18982009 [Reply] [Original]

Burke's defense of monarchy is literally "you're saying that England has had an illegitimate government for hundreds of years? That the authority of every king/queen has rested on illegitimate foundations? Really? Really?". Why do people hold him up as a great thinker? His entire defense of the status quo's legitimacy is "it's right because it exists".

Some of what he says in Reflections is good but his thinking in regards to the foundations of government are awful.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 17:53:06 2021 No.18982600 BURKE IS GAY

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 17:57:12 2021 No.18982627 File: 21 KB, 512x512, gigachad.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >it's right because it exists

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 17:58:50 2021 No.18982635 >>18982009 Okay wiseguy, what would be a better defence of monarchy???

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 18:03:06 2021 No.18982657 >>18982635 There is no defence of a government that isn't appointed by popular, and free, consent.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 18:04:48 2021 No.18982667 File: 97 KB, 639x480, 7E3DB9BF-C5D1-4D47-A902-B5FE1C9DFA2F.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The only Burke worth knowing about is pic related.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 18:05:29 2021 No.18982671 File: 50 KB, 397x450, lucifer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18982657 What, like your rebellion which you scammed so many into following, so you can doom more innocent souls to follow into the darkness that awaits you? Begone, traitor.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 18:06:05 2021 No.18982674 >>18982657 The populace are idiots, a monarch is appointed by God. Obviously it's better. Executive power can only come from divine mandate, not some dumb popularity contest.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 18:10:35 2021 No.18982707 >>18982671 >>18982674 Absolutely spooked

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 18:14:10 2021 No.18982720 File: 172 KB, 1031x1382, Alexis_de_tocqueville.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18982009 Can I get a quote?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 21:02:33 2021 No.18983537 >>18982657 best laugh i've had all week

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 21:24:08 2021 No.18983621 >>18982627 trannies are right because they exist?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 21:36:51 2021 No.18983668 >>18982009 That's all cuckservatism really is

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 4 21:41:19 2021 No.18983682 >>18983621 They don't exist. They never will. Monarchy has existed and does.

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