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>They would not have indulged nor found shitty humorous internet memes humorous. That was far below their stature and intellect. 
Yes, well. Our founding fathers, in all of their wisdom, designed the political systems that you see before you now. For all of the problems laid bare by the monarchy, they failed to see how catastrophic it would be to welcome a hidden elite into the power vacuum by introducing republican governance.
I'm short: they may not have laughed then. But they crafted a society so preposterously funny that even modern men of intellect would have to me mad to keep a straight face.