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Why what?

Why is she seen as the maternal head of a nation ? : Well, that's the historic role played by royal families in Europe, there are references to the tradition in heads of state elected around the world with POTUS' family referred to as "The First Family"

You don't need to understand the tradition to respect it if you haven't lived there or experienced it.

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> commentator on twitter put it well saying "It felt like we all lost our Grandmother"

This is a nice, soft and mushy comment that will gather likes and retweets. It also influences one into suspending critical thinking and follow a narrative of reverence

Some folks are born into riches and royalty - why put them on a pedestal simply because they sit on a throne?

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I mean, the argument isn’t that she’s worshipped. It’s that the position is seen fondly as a traditional family who represent the nation.

Let’s extend your argument to the extreme, by your logic if you got into the tech industry simply because you were born into the top ten percent cohort of the world, why should you be allowed to have the opportunity that most of the world didn’t?

A rational individual such as yourself should see that you won the statistical lottery. Why should you have that opportunity because of your birth?

For whatever historical reason that nation follows a familial structure of inheritance, call it genes, call it whatever, it is what it is. You don’t need to understand the structure or even agree with it to respect the fact that a lot of people live in that structure and have done so for centuries.