FROM “burnt-toast” on Gab:
Philosophically, race would be a natural target of a global monarch who sought to consolidate power by dissolving distinctions among his subjects into a singular political identity: citizens first, all else second.
A ruler aspiring to govern across races might regard racial classifications as competing sources of allegiance, historical grievance, and collective identity that threaten the unifying authority of the state.
By subordinating race to citizenship, he could present himself as the sovereign of a common political community, above the divisions that distinguish one population from another.
Yet this reveals the fundamental purpose of colorblindness as a governing principle: imperial consolidation demands that they surrender their historical identities and grievances that challenge the ruler’s authority.
The charge, then, is that the Court has withdrawn a consequential instrument of democratic self-government, not to enforce the Constitution, but to acquiesce to a royal decree by a foreign monarch that subordinates the republic’s independence to a universal global doctrine of citizenship.
If an absolute monarch wanted to conquer and rule the entire world unchallenged, a “color-blind” royal decree such as Brown v Board is the ultimate administrative weapon:
The Erasure of Local Identity and Resistance
For a global monarch, the greatest threat to total rule is the existence of distinct, self-governing groups — tribes, nations, cultures, and races—with their own unique histories, allegiances, and structures.
• The Decree’s Function: By declaring that the law “neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens,” the monarch issues a royal decree that legally annihilates all distinct group identities.
• The Monarch’s Benefit: It forces a highly diverse, complex world into a single, flat, homogenized mass of identical subjects. If the law is forbidden from recognizing “classes,” then local communities are stripped of the legal tools to protect their unique heritage, language, or collective rights. Everyone becomes equally powerless before the single, universal throne.
The Illusion of Equality to Consolidate Power
A monarch trying to rule the world cannot maintain control purely through brutal force; they need a moral justification that sounds noble but ultimately centralizes their authority.
• The Decree’s Function: Declaring the law “color-blind” allows the monarch to claim the moral high ground of absolute fairness. It says: “Look, the crown treats the conquered beggar and the conquered prince exactly the same.”
• The Monarch’s Benefit: This is a magnificent illusion. By pretending everyone is starting from the exact same position, the monarch freezes existing global power dynamics in place. The wealthy empires stay wealthy, the impoverished regions stay impoverished, but the monarch can claim the system is perfectly just because the rules are blind to those differences. It outlaws any group-based rebellion or restructuring under the guise of enforcing “harmony.”
Striking Down the Tools of Subordinate Parliaments
To rule the world, the supreme monarch must strip local, regional legislatures of their power to address local realities.
• The Decree’s Function: If a local province tries to pass a law to fix a specific grievance, heal a historic tribal rift, or protect a vulnerable class of people, the monarch wields the “color-blind” decree to crush it.
• The Monarch’s Benefit: The monarch says, “Your local legislative tools are illegal because they acknowledge categories. I tolerate no classes.” It becomes the ultimate veto. It ensures that no subordinate government can ever use tailored, group-specific solutions to govern themselves, forcing all populations to rely solely on the grand, sweeping, centralized laws of the global empire.
The Imperial Paradox:
In this light, the color-blind decree ceases to be an anthem for civil rights and instead becomes an imperial absolute:
“Our Empire is color-blind. It does not recognize your history, your ancestry, your suffering, or your unique community. It sees only solitary, identical subjects. By forbidding you from ever organizing or legislating as a distinct class, the Crown ensures you remain fractured as individuals, making the world infinitely easier to rule.”
Note: This is not a blanket endorsement of “burnt toast’s” views.
