{"id":18620,"date":"2024-06-03T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=18620"},"modified":"2024-05-30T18:44:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:44:56","slug":"government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=18620","title":{"rendered":"Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"18621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=18621\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1713177482&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0286\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?fit=474%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18621\" style=\"width:251px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_0286-scaled.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople get the government they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 18.24px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_de_Maistre\">\u00a0Joseph de Maistre<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">de Maistre was one of the last defenders of the divine right of kings.  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