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redis_mlc on Dec 28, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Basic Problem of Democracy (1919)

Very cogent.

The Chinese emperors all sought ways to appear mandated to rule.

And the purpose of royal portraits in Europe was to show the lineage of throne inheritance.

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