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In that case of course everyone will vote for Kingsly McKingface. The incumbents may also be clowns, but they are at least a bridge to the old world, dictators
by jacknews 4y ago
In that case of course everyone will vote for Kingsly McKingface.
The incumbents may also be clowns, but they are at least a bridge to the old world, dictatorships, etc, where they still have some clout, and can help peddle the national interest.
- Timon3 4y agoAnd they are able to use all of their clout to give themselves advantages while ignoring their country, like any leaders - only these also lack oversight.
- jacknews 4y agoIt's not as though they are some shadowy government agency free from scrutiny. In some ways they are better than elected leaders. They have a long-term reputation to uphold, whereas elected leaders might be gone in a term - Almost like one of those supermarket 'free smash and grabs' where competition winners get 5 minutes to grab and keep whatever they can from the supermarket shelves. I'm not particularly a fan of monarchy, but if we're going to abolish it, we should just do that, not put up some other kind of clown show.
- Timon3 4y ago> It's not as though they are some shadowy government agency free from scrutiny. Maybe not shadowy, but the rest? How do you have anything comparable to democratic scrutiny in a monarchical system? > They have a long-term reputation to uphold, whereas elected leaders might be gone in a term You're putting it like the politicians don't have a reputation to uphold. Can you clearly explain why the long-term reputation of monarchs is more important than that of politicians? The politician will have to face re-election, the monarch will stay in power.