In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
The Kingdom is the love of God prevailing in politics, in business, in government, in media. It is all the impact of the laws of God creating a social environment where the strong help the weak, where those who have give to those who don't. It's a society where relationships are built on love.
I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as citizens.
A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.
Well, when did this become a monarchy? You know, we are the people. The president works for us and, you know, we need to remember that.
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
The consumer is the absolute king in everything you do.