> I really don't understand why anyone anywhere in the modern world would want someone to rule over them There's currently a government in Westminster making l

> I really don't understand why anyone anywhere in the modern world would want someone to rule over them There's currently a government in Westminster making laws and dictating to us that the vast majority of the country didn't vote for. The public also has the power to change a monarchy, with the only real difference being that the "election" and transfer of power is less peaceful. Democracy is of course better, but representative democracies in large nations are about as participatory as a monarchy.