I started reading this curious as to why they used the honorific “Czar,” and quickly realized it was an article aimed at US readers. The honorific Czar is supposedly used in Canada but when I think Czar, I think of the Russian Tzars.
Looking it up I did not realize Czar went back to the Roman Empire, in place of Cesar after he kicked it.
And also extends to royalty e.g. in Germany the king is the kaiser. Interesting that the US seems to use czar to essentially mean “middle management”
We do not use this commonly in canada, it’s an american thing. And relatively recent.
I know we do not use it in Canada, I am Canadian. The US has been using it for a while my quick wikipedia read told me.
In the US they have an anti semitism czar. I heard a portion of a speech she gave a while ago where she was mentioning how the foundational documents of anti semitism were written in the 20th century. Apparently not knowing that the tsar is the czar of anti semitism. As a Zionist, she follows in his footsteps without even knowing her own lineage. Very sad.
