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  1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2019 17:31:58 EDT M. Grégoire M. Grégoire

    "This sort of thing reminds us that, like the Japanese, we live under one of the world’s two really serious and enduring monarchies. [...] I am oversimplifying, of course, but Japanese history teaches us, perhaps better than our own, to disregard the temptation to denounce monarchies as useless (or wasteful) just because they have no obvious everyday function."

    #ColbyCosh
    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-indistinguishable-from-magic-on-japans-new-era

    #monarchy

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      Colby Cosh: Indistinguishable from magic – on Japan’s new era
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      Japanese history teaches us, perhaps better than our own, to disregard the temptation to denounce monarchies as useless
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