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False dichotomy. You don't have to sign up for a contract that give them even ceremonial powers forever or behead them in grotesque violence. It is possible to
by pkd 6y ago
False dichotomy. You don't have to sign up for a contract that give them even ceremonial powers forever or behead them in grotesque violence.
It is possible to negotiate a deal where they have no power and get to keep their properties but they have to maintain it themselves.
- ta2987 6y agoThe problem with not killing potential monarchs is that their continued existence can be perceived as a latent threat to reassert their divine right to rule at any time in the future. In my book, assuming the risk of an occasional beheading is part of the job of being a monarch.
- jopsen 6y ago> It is possible to negotiate a deal where they have no power and get to keep their properties but they have to maintain it themselves. Sure, it might be possible to get a better deal. Or it might not, is it worth the risk? Giving a ceremonial role is a pretty solid carrot. And compared to violent revolution it's dirt cheap to offer :) I'm sure it wasn't easy to convince the Danish king to sign the Danish constitution in 1849. It's not a given that it could have happened peacefully. In the end, it might not last forever anyways. It'll last so long as the monarchy remains popular, because at the end of the day the votes can change the constitution.