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There was an interview I saw with Stephen Fry where he was talking about empiricism vs rationality and brought up this specific point. Despite all reason, it s
by AussieWog93 5y ago
There was an interview I saw with Stephen Fry where he was talking about empiricism vs rationality and brought up this specific point.
Despite all reason, it seems that countries with (constitutional) monarchies are by and large better places to live than countries with elected heads of state. He doesn't understand why, and can think of many reasons why this shouldn't be the case, but the evidence doesn't lie.
- twic 5y agoI wonder if this is really about an elected head of state or a powerful head of state. Ireland, Germany, and Austria all have elected but mostly ceremonial heads of state, and seem fine. Or it could just be about a country being older, and so more stable.
- HPsquared 5y agoIt could be the causality runs backwards: historically stable countries have never felt the need to overthrow their ceremonial head of state.