Royal Flush

I asked a few people I respect if a constitutional republic is a monarchy without a crown. There was no clear consensus only that it was an interesting perspective. So I did a little research. I won't answer the question but I will share some thoughts about royalty and let you draw your own conclusions.
Ruling families started when tribal wars began. The strongest warrior leading his close neighbors into war with next next town over. Why? Food, seeds, didn't like they way they looked or spoke, no good dating sites yet, or maybe oil. Whatever the reason, there was a victor and he claimed the land as his. Because of his strength and bravery he was appointed leader. And general passed on the leadership to next of kin. And blah, blah, blah because you know how the basic work out.
This takes us to Rome. Roman kings we know as Caesars and to wrap up what happened quickly and not draw the ire of many readers, the ruling of the people was turned over to the Senate,  at least that what Marcus Aurelius wanted as told to us by Maximus. (I did do more research than watching Gladiator and Game of Thrones.) A model was formed for some of the future monarchies around this time, no matter where I got the information.
There are 26 current kingdoms around the world ruling 43 countries. The most interesting, the Vatican.  I'll say it slower if you read to quickly. T h e  V a t I c a n. Calm down, its kingdom only as large as the walls that surround Vatican City. But a far reaching kingdom just the same. No, each church is not a consulate and protected by diplomatic immunity, although we have treated it that way until recently. But I am getting sidetracked.
The best known is the United Kingdom. The role of Queen is largely ceremonial and the House of Windsor has been in place only since 1917.  Ruling royals battled for control since the late 900s with new "Houses" taking control every so often.
Now somewhere along the line, subjects got tired of the ruling family, even though they did have some representation set up. Still came down to what the king said would be law of the land.
How they modeled the constitution is not up to me to decide. It does have some of the basic characteristics of a monarchy without the royalty, in my opinion. Fortunately for us, the founders may have had some altruistic ideas on how things should work. Serve for free and for the good of the people and nation would be a cornerstone, again, in my opinion.
Every revolution that modern day history has recorded with some degree of accuracy has always ended the same way. A lower class gets an idea and wants to take from the ruling class what they have and the criminals with the biggest cahonas usually become the next leaders. What I believe the constitution did was to create a vacuum of power. Sitting there for someone to take. The patriots of our nation did all they could to anticipate the greed of man but nature finds a way.
Confused? So what happens is that there is enough leeway in the original documents that some of the rules can be changed, a little. Orwell is still most famous for his predictions in 1984 but his most memorable book was not the futuristic writings but that of the past...Animal Farm.
In the vacuum,  the opportunity was created to have a new ruling class and public went along with it by voting for the new leaders. We believed that they would represent us an what the majority of each district actually wanted. We now know, as the confirmation hearings are wrapped up, that they represent us at all.
I know it's crazy to think it but let's fly over North Dakota right now. Elected senator Heidi Heitkamp knew that 2/3rds of her state wanted her to vote yes for Kavanaugh.  But her proud motherhood would not allow her to give her kids what they demanded, lest she spoil them on her way out.
That was a quick and easy one to point out. She made her deal to be taken care of after she loses the election and now has created a new blood line for the party.
I want to include a couple links, which I don't normally do, to help you understand where we are and how we got here. If you're going to play along with me, this was all needed to set up the plan for change.
Remember,  the House of Windsor is only 100 years old, as you scroll through our own ruling classes in the good old US of A.

https://www.npr.org/2013/07/18/203289915/the-united-states-of-dynasty-boom-times-for-political-families



https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_current_members_of_the_U.S._Congress

There was a time that serving your country was honorable because it was done for the betterment of the nation. Unfortunately,  those days are behind us and the fault lies squarely on the shoulders of the people. We have some work to do to take our country back, both sides of the aisle. I believe we can do this together without the hatred and infighting. Together we can grab the handle of the toilet that makes up our country's politics and give it a royal flush.