Interesting point. Monarchies are obviously not great, but it's good to remember that they aren't evil or something, and that there can still be a balance of po

Interesting point. Monarchies are obviously not great, but it's good to remember that they aren't evil or something, and that there can still be a balance of power. I've been thinking that, in a liberal democracy, there's not much of a national identity. It's like a football club where anyone can drop in, and vote to play chess instead. I generally think that's fine, except that it seems like having no identity at all is a vacuum, and gets filled by something. That could easily end up being the opposite of liberal democracy, so lack of identity can be self-defeating.