Thursday, July 7, 2011

Royalties

Yes, it is vaguely interesting how it is the Spanish language magazines that are full of photos of the royalties in all their splendor. I remember during high school leafing through the magazines in the waiting room of the dentist office, seeing the latest news in the saga of the Grimaldis, those most decadent and disgusting people whose claim to power is obviously not based on their own bad behavior. No, just being  a good person does not mean that Santa Claus will show up with diamonds and jewels for you. Those rich people, I would not want their problems. They have a lot of problems. But if royalties are want these rich people want, it begs the question of why they would settle in the United States. Why not move permanently to Denmark where there is already a king and queen in place to rule over you? We do not have that stuff here. Could it be that you imagine that you yourself should be the royalties? How pretentious and arrogant of you to suggest such a thing! How dare you place yourself in the seat of power that does not belong to you! You are not the president, obviously. Here in the democracy you are just one vote among millions.