Comic #4108: sword-of-democracy

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Pull the sword from the stone and you shall be king!"
• Character 2: "Pull the sword from this other stone and you shall be a constitutional monarch."

Panel 2:

• Character 3: "Now, this other sword—"
• Character 4: "Is there a sword for democracy?"

Panel 3:

• Character 5: "Arthur… ask that peasant his vote."

Panel 4:

• Character 6: "Excuse me, sir. What would you like to see in an elected leader?"
• Character 7: "Hmmm…"

Panel 5:

• Character 8: "Whoever can pull the biggest sword from the biggest stone."

Panel 6:

• Character 9: "And that is the fundamental paradox of human government."
• Character 10: "What if we educated them?"

Panel 7:

• Character 11: "Shutup and put on your gold hat!"

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