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I think having a nominal monarch for people to form parasocial relationships with rather than getting overly attached to any given politician has its advantages
by mst 4y ago
I think having a nominal monarch for people to form parasocial relationships with rather than getting overly attached to any given politician has its advantages.
But (note, UK person here, add salt accordingly) it seems like you could retain that part while also stripping any actual power - i.e. 'power-wise practically a republic, emphasis on the -nominal- in my first sentence.'
- marcus_holmes 4y agoYeah, it'll be interesting to see how Australia works this one out. I think becoming a republic is a matter of when not if, and there's a ton of ideas around about what to do about a head of state. We're not averse to trying out new ideas if they seem good - the Aussie voting system is about as close to perfect as you can get (but our politicians not so much).
- mst 4y agoHaving an 'above the fray' (or at least apparently so) head of state -somehow- is pretty much the thing I'm endorsing here. Implementation details thereof I don't have a strong opinion on except perhaps "if I ever do develop such an opinion you should probably ignore it anyway."
- mikelward 4y agoI used to think that Australian preferential voting was the best practical method. Though the Ranked Choice Voting debate in the US has taught me that STAR voting and approval voting are both easier to count and avoid some edge cases.
- marcus_holmes 4y agoI think the Aussie system is flawed because of the party preferences thing - but that's more because the average voter just wants to tick a box for their party and be done with it. I'm not sure that the perfect system would actually be practical. I always vote "below the line" - it's more fun trying to rank all those micro-parties in order of how much I agree with them :) It's still miles better than the UK's system