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It's obviously not a social fiction, regardless of what you may think about monarchy in general. They have power because they inherited it from someone that co
by Grustaf 6y ago
It's obviously not a social fiction, regardless of what you may think about monarchy in general.
They have power because they inherited it from someone that conquered it. Just like people may inherit companies and fortunes.
- bidirectional 6y agoNot at all in the case of Elizabeth II. She holds the throne because parliament gave it to her ancestor, George I, to avoid a Catholic inheriting the throne.
- baybal2 6y agoYes, another tidbit, UK barely avoided getting a German monarch by 2 years. Otherwise they may have ended with a Prussian on the throne
- Grustaf 6y agoWell, George I was born a duke of the Holy Roman Empire and a relative of the queen, so it's not like the picked someone off the streets. Besides, to a modern democrat, what could be more legitimate that receiving something from parliament?
- andrepd 6y agoYes, that is indeed the point.