On Kingship

Pterry has shown us Carrot as the perfect King - on Discworld - in a society which doesn't have a hereditary monarchy running the state.

The most appropriate job - he asserts, correctly - is to get a role in the public sector where you have to work closely with large numbers of people/subjects.

Many European monarchies have gone part way towards that ideal.

So, our current scummy, dysfunctional, horribly right-wing, lower-middle-class, caniphilic, German Royal family should learn from this.  Harry or Wills should become Hospital porters, social workers or Librarians.

But they don't.

Instead they pretend to be important, and start creating unhelpful, unpleasant, distracting events only ever intended to stop us protesting about the Old Etonian, Establishment, stupid rotters who are currently in charge.  Just like their Dad. 

They do the circuses in bread and circuses.

Crap, really.

Completely second-rate...