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Doubtful. The US was the first government of its kind and it triggered the French Revolution and every anti-monarchist revolution since then. Canada and every o
by futureshock 3y ago
Doubtful. The US was the first government of its kind and it triggered the French Revolution and every anti-monarchist revolution since then. Canada and every other commonwealth state was influenced by that. The snowballing GDP under republics begin to have its own gravity until a huge portion of the world got pulled into our orbit.
History is not a linear journey from point a to point b. Capitalist republics are not inevitable and liberalism is not assured. We could indeed all be bowing to Charles right now.
- CobrastanJorji 3y agoWell not Charles. If America didn't become a model Republic, Edward VIII quite likely would not have abdicated to marry American Wallis Simpson, and so George VI would likely have never taken the throne.
- FredPret 3y agoI think the abdication was more about her having been married before