Monarchy Endures, Even Flourishes in Parts of the World
Might the age of absolutism, dominant from the 1500s into the 1700s, return?
In a conversation with an Indian woman in Abu Dhabi, UAE back in 2011, I cracked that the British monarchy was an anachronism, thinking that since she was from India, she would agree with me.
“No, it isn’t an anachronism,” she responded sharply and passionately, confiding that
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