I don't normally read The Federalist, but I stumbled across this article while googling "constitutional monarchy." As I become ever more elitist I've started to think that Americans need a monarchy. Or maybe a di-archy with two co-kings/queens. Americans are a desperately jingoistic bunch, all convinced of their exceptionalism (even the less visibly patriotic liberals mostly believe in American ideals, and want to see us live those out better than anyone else). We need to give them symbols that they can swoon over and hold up as infallible, while a real human being runs the government. So let's have a Prime Minister as Head of Government and two co-Royals as Head of State.
We need two so that liberals and conservatives both have somebody to swoon over. The liberals can have a diverse NPR host with a best-selling book, while the conservatives can have a country singer or football player who served in the Marines. The Royal Liberal will host vegan banquets, while the Royal Conservative will lead hunting parties and then roast whatever they kill. And to make the centrists happy, whatever modest powers these heads of state wield can only be wielded by joint consent. So most stuff will be done by a Prime Minister, but every now and then the two co-Royals will do something bipartisan and centrists will swoon. Everybody's happy.
Seriously, it's better than giving actual executive power to a TV star.
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