They did; as did most of Europe’s monarchs. It is very much cyclical.
But the American Republic didn’t fare much better - and itself fell to the “80 Year Curse” by the time of the American Civil War.
Republics are a lamentable compromise, which start out pretty good - but end up selling out the great-grandkids. Hard Localism would undoubtedly be better 😄
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