Was wondering if the article was about this guy, and it is!

https://x.com/hop_scotch_/status/1664017656926687234?lang=en

I recently fell down a wikipedia rabbit hole and found the interesting story of Archduke Wilhelm of Austria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Wilhelm_of_Austria

It was interesting to read about the diverse opinions of the different parts of the Hapsburg.

I can recommend the book "Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe" for anyone wanting to inoculate themselves against survivorship bias.

Highly recommend any of the interviews or podcasts Eduard Habsburg has done. He seems very pleasant and reasonable. the author's tone is typical of what writers must do to get published these days, and it makes me wonder how some people would justify themselves without nobility or goodness as a foil.

take away what Habsburg recommends (family, religion, ownership, traditional values that built a dynasty, etc) and what are you left with as far as advice for a good life? middling status eating disorders and yoni sunning from what i can tell. it's good to take advice from people who win, and his family has been in that business for quite some time. it's probably worth a listen.

Here is a review by someone who liked the book: https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/08/14/the-habsburg-way-seven...

One of my favourite bits of trivia about Austrian law is that it is still defacto forbidden for a member of the Habsburg family to run for the Presidency. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Law

The Austrian president has mostly a representative/safeguarding function and currently held by a chain-smoking former Professor who was a member of the green party.

> given the counterrevolutionary legacy of the Habsburg dynasty

Might the Habsburgs have weathered 28 June 1914 any better if they'd only been a little less Bourbon during 1848?

Nit: Their legal family name in Austria really is Habsburg-Lothringen. A double name. "von" was forbidden after WW1, so they replaced the von with a -.

A good friend of mine is a real Habsburg-Lothringen. From a poor farmers branch of the family.

The article takes an awfully long time to get to the point, but as far as I can tell it’s “this guy is religious and conservative and that’s bad”.

I guess the dreams of the past glory times never die for those families. Best keep them well-removed from the levers of power.

The snarky article inspired me to purchase the book!

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I sure hope that this modern-day Habsburg isn't promoting royal incest, otherwise you end up with fine specimens like this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain