Mad Rant: Republican Uniformity

MM points out that the old order was truly diverse, whilst the modern, left-wing, revolutionary republics tend to a boring uniformity. 

From The Mad Monarchist (23 February 2012)

I may have mentioned this before but, if so, I’m going to mention it again because it really, really aggravates me; I hate uniformity. Small-scale uniformity can be good, it can even be great and sometimes necessary but large-scale uniformity (such as involving entire countries) really, really depresses me. I love the diversity of the different cultures and traditions of the nations of the world. Yet, I find myself often being criticized, for my support of monarchism, by people with left-wing political views who drive cars with “I Heart Diversity” bumper-stickers. These people, frankly, are blind. Okay, blind and partly just plain, old fashioned stupid. Uniformity is at the core of everything the revolutionary, republican crowd pushes for. The only ones who are at least somewhat honest about it are the socialists and communists who admit that their goal is a world where everyone is the same with no inequalities or differences to create jealousy. However, they all do it to one degree or another though most would never admit it and, indeed, may not even realize it because, as I said, they’re stupid. Forgive me if that sounds harsh but any other explanation eludes me. If you think I’m exaggerating, simply look at the world today, a world dominated by republicanism. Never have so many countries all around the world been so boringly the same.

Now, I know what the republicans would say to that. They would say, “But you want every country to be a monarchy, so you’re the one pushing uniformity, just a different kind of uniformity”. No, stupid, you’re wrong again and obviously so. Once upon a time, not all that long ago in fact, the vast majority of the countries of the world were monarchies yet it was a far more diverse world than we have today. To be sure, there were similarities amongst those nations with similar cultures. Even then they were not the same but there were certainly similarities amongst the royal courts of western Europe, eastern Europe, some of the Native American nations and so on. The monarchies of Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia were broadly similar, the court traditions of China and Vietnam or Tibet and Mongolia were similar at least during certain periods of their history. However, in each case, court traditions, court costume, music, symbolism and so on were very different from monarchy to monarchy. Even in the same parts of the world; the court of the Emperor of Japan was very different to that of the Emperor of China, the traditions of the King of Thailand was very different to those of the Sultans of Malaysia. The customs of the Islamic Mughal Emperors of India were totally dissimilar to the Hindu princely states. The Christian kings in Ethiopia were very different from the Zulu kings in southern Africa or even the local Sultans that surrounded them. The royal court in London was very different from Versailles which was very different from Vienna which was seemingly a world apart from Moscow (especially before Peter the Great).

Compare all of this diversity to the modern republican world. Just take titles for example. France had a King, Austria had a Kaiser and Russia had a Tsar. Turkey had a Sultan, Iran had a Shah, the Aztecs in Mexico had an “Elder Speaker”, China had the Lord of 10,000 Years and Mongolia had the Holy Khan. Today France has a President, Austria has a President, Russia has a President, Turkey has a President, Iran has a President (and a Supreme Leader), Mexico has a President, China has a President and Mongolia has a President. See what I mean? And, not only do they all have the same title, for crying out loud, they all even dress alike! Gone are the days when we would see the Emperor of China in his yellow silk brocaded robes receiving a British diplomat in elaborately braided uniform, today everyone has a president and everyone wears a business suit, white shirt and a necktie. I cannot express how this bores me to the level of deep depression. There are the odd exceptions of course but these are very rare. It makes me want to salute those remaining Arab sheiks who will at least combine the quality of gold Swiss timepieces and fine Italian footwear with traditional Bedouin robes and headgear.

This trickles down to the populations at large who, for the most part, wear the same fashions in Argentina, South Africa, China, New Zealand and the United States. In what bizzaro world is this considered diversity? Likewise gone are the days when changes in national leadership were unique and colorful. Here, many monarchies have fallen in line as well (tsk, tsk, tsk) but I still blame the dominance of republics and republican attitudes. All around the world you get a guy in a business suit standing up, usually holding up one hand, swearing an oath of office and that’s it. Gone are the days of the high coronation mass of the Holy Roman Emperors, the King of Hungary sitting on a horse and pointing his sword to the four corners of the compass or the rows of kowtowing mandarins before the enthroned “Son of Heaven” in Vietnam. Nope, we get a pinky-swear from some moron in a suit the world over. Add to that the fact that these world leaders, all with the same titles, have mostly the same organization around them as well with secretaries or ministers for defense, education, the interior and so on. All around the world it is all the same. The same, the same, the same -it’s maddening! They don’t even try to be different. At least the Emperor of Japan puts on a kimono for his enthronement ceremony. Every U.S. President since Kennedy has not even bothered to put on formal wear for his inauguration.

Part of this, it must be said, and it is a very, very big part, is the modern obsession (at least in the western world) with multiculturalism. I have talked about this before. Multiculturalism actually perpetuates uniformity and destroys diversity; the very thing they claim to cherish. Forcing various cultures together with the expectation that everyone be treated the same can only result in one of two outcomes: either the lowest cultural common denominator becomes uniform for all or everyone must forsake their own cultures in order to accept the cultures of others so that, in the end, the outcome is no different, we all end up the same. We can see this in society outside of the government realm as well. Everyone wears the same jeans, tennis shoes, t-shirts and business suits, everyone watches the same mindless reality shows, listens to the same pop music and goes to the same remade sequel of the re-make action flick at the movies. Eventually we will probably all look alike too. Scientists have already calculated the years when there will be no more blondes (natural anyway), no more gingers, no more blue eyes or hazel eyes and so on. Gone will be the days of diverse shapes, features and colors, everyone will probably end up looking like…well…all I can think of is “aliens” with uniformly gray skin and big, black cat eyes. And it will all have been foisted on humanity by those claiming to love multicultural diversity.

The trouble is the pursuit of ever-elusive equality. Personally, as most long-time readers probably know, I put “equality” up there with Santa Claus, leprechauns and the tooth fairy. That does not mean we should just accept things like sexism and racism as inevitable, malicious impulses can and should be always struggled against. It means that no two people on this earth, not even two people of the same gender or the same race, can or ever will be equal. No two plants or animals are ever equal either. However, modern man, to varying degrees, has decided to pursue the revolutionary goal of liberty, equality and stupidity but they never can obtain it because (shock of shocks) people are different. And since as long as every individual is different from every other they are forced to make everyone the same. There is simply no way around it. The only way everyone will be seen the same, be treated the same and live the same is if everyone is forced to be the same. Everything must be uniform. So, we end up with people preaching multiculturalism and driving around with “I Heart Diversity” bumper-stickers while really knowing nothing about any other cultures (or even their own) and pushing for a world where everyone lives in a republic, everyone has a president, everyone has the same rights, has the same material possessions, the same income, the same “values” (or lack thereof), the same rights, wears the same clothes and enjoys the same entertainment. Call it what you will … I call it Hell.

Again, I know some might object to my frequent use of the word “stupid” in this rant but, believe it or not, I’m trying to be kind by doing that. I attribute much of these actions to stupidity out of the hope that the people involved were not being intentionally malicious. After all, what they claim to be for can often sound very nice. It just has a tendency to result in something totally different from what was being reached for. Likewise, there is always a question of degree. For example, no rational person would like to see the various peoples of the world killing each other over their religious differences. However, in the western world at least, the movement toward religious toleration has led to religious indifferentism. I doubt this was what the high-minded advocates of toleration were going for in the beginning. Instead of people of different beliefs living peacefully together we have societies with no beliefs at all. The unintentionally hypocritical results of various campaigns of “tolerance” has been noticed by many besides myself who have noticed the absurdity of a mindset that says, “intolerance will not be tolerated!” It is this sort of thinking that has given us a world where governments proudly assert that they will give people free, democratic republics -whether they like it or not! Where republics have constitutions that guarantee people the right to have the government of their choice but make it illegal to choose monarchy. Where royals are often denied the most basic rights and freedoms anyone else would have while doing away with bowing or curtsying in the name of equality. It is all hypocritical, it is all contradictory and it all makes me a very, very … Mad Monarchist.