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What does it mean?
The speaker orders the removal of the mace, symbolizing the rejection of royal ceremonial power.
In plain terms
Take away that foolish royal mace right now.
What can you take from it?
Symbolic objects of power can be rejected to signal political change.

Where it applies

  • parliamentary procedure
  • political protest
  • regime change

Putting it to work

  • disrupting ceremony
  • signaling change

Questions to consider

  • What symbols do you reject?
  • Does removing symbols change power?

Another view

Removing symbols may not change actual power structures.

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