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Could you shed some light on what is wrong with being a monarchist? I mean there are still a lot of countries on the World that are monarchies: Sweden, UK, Norw
by piokoch 6y ago
Could you shed some light on what is wrong with being a monarchist? I mean there are still a lot of countries on the World that are monarchies: Sweden, UK, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium to name a few largest European monarchies.
Those countries does not seem to be hostile to their citizens (or anyone else for that matter) and are considered to be quite civilized?
- myWindoonn 6y agoAnd Bhutan and Thailand? Don't cherry-pick monarchs.
- jessaustin 6y agoAh yes, Bhutan. That hellish nation where they have had one death from covid. Where the government is more concerned with happiness than with sales. Where education is free. The only nation that is carbon-negative. What terrible lives they suffer through. Note to morons: I don't say this because I support monarchy or any authoritarianism. It's just... let's not exemplify the "clueless American" trope.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoThose countries can decide for themselves if a monarchy is worth it. There was a lot of hard work done here to remove the monarch.
- GVIrish 6y agoAll of those countries only feature monarchies as vestiges of the feudal era. All of them have elections and the elected government is what actually runs those countries. A real monarchy would be something like Saudi Arabia.
- zepto 6y agoNot according to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/08/queen-power-british-law-queens-consent https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/08/queen-...