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> The US is one of few countries where the head of state and the chief executive is combined into one office. The Continental Congress thought about ending the
by TomK32 3y ago
> The US is one of few countries where the head of state and the chief executive is combined into one office.
The Continental Congress thought about ending the anarchy of the early years of revolution by getting themselves a Prussian as their new King. To make it worse, Hamilton argued to have a President for life and Adams argued to address the President as "His Majesty".
Those early years are fertile soil for any fiction writer interested in alternative realities.
https://time.com/5459916/american-monarchy/ https://time.com/5459916/american-monarchy/
- pjc50 3y ago> The Continental Congress thought about ending the anarchy of the early years of revolution by getting themselves a Prussian as their new King. This is basically what happened in the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. King James was unpopular due to being Catholic and a set of unpopular decisions, so the upper class wrote to the Dutch stadholder William of Orange and invited him to stage a coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_William https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_William . Which succeeded without resistance. This (and subsequent incidents with the Georges) is an important part of how the English monarchy is effectively "leashed" by requiring a certain minimal amount of consent of the governed.
- nobodyandproud 3y agoI known it’s old, but that’s a remarkably balanced essay (politically).