"They no longer need thrones.
They own the systems that choose the thrones."
Royal families. Old money dynasties. Clans whose names were never printed in history books, yet whose fingerprints shaped every page. Their legacy stretches back thousands of years, long before the concept of 'nations' even existed.
They were emperors when history was still oral. Pharaohs before borders were drawn. While others wrote laws, they wrote bloodlines.
Those who ruled millennia ago still rule today. The ancient bloodlines, the old money families, forgotten royal lineages, and hidden clans … never relinquished control. They simply adapted. When thrones fell, they stood behind curtains. When kingdoms collapsed, they created corporations.
'The throne is gone,' they said.
But the crown? The crown was hidden behind the logos of trillion-dollar corporations.