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I have a question for Christbro monarchists who believe in "the divine right of kings" mantra. Why do you believe that? I find odd that St. Augustine observed
>Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity.
but couldn't bring himself to support at least defensive mass resistance to tyranny (qualified by collective will to revolt and tempered with prudence) like Aquinas did hundreds of years later.
>Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity.
but couldn't bring himself to support at least defensive mass resistance to tyranny (qualified by collective will to revolt and tempered with prudence) like Aquinas did hundreds of years later.
