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I'll take a stab at this. Having equal rights doesn't mean that everybody has equal say in laws. Basically what I mean is a person in a legislature can vote fo

I'll take a stab at this. Having equal rights doesn't mean that everybody has equal say in laws. Basically what I mean is a person in a legislature can vote for a bill to become a law. I, not being a member of a legislature, can't vote for the bill. That doesn't mean I don't have equal rights to the politician. On a side note, a large number of kings have no or nearly no power nowadays so it tends to be more of a symbolic thing

GeoAtreides 3y ago
When I was born, I had the same right as everyone else born that day to become a MP. There was nothing in the laws of my country saying: this child can not be an MP because it was born in the wrong family. The poorest child born that day and richest child have the same rights (so much as the law is concerned). A royal child, though, has, by law (by law!), many more rights than me, chief among them being ascending to a position of power because it was born in the right family.
- goodSteveramos 3y ago
  I’m not a monarchist, but couldn’t you say the same thing about people born in other countries to yours? (eg: that they have fewer rights in your country than you)
- ImJamal 3y ago
  >When I was born, I had the same right as everyone else born that day to become a MP. Is there a monarchical country that doesn't allow the monarch to choose an heir that is not their child? Just because something is unlikely to happen doesn't mean it can't happen. It is quite unlikely you become a politician as well. >There was nothing in the laws of my country saying: this child can not be an MP because it was born in the wrong family >A royal child, though, has, by law (by law!), many more rights than me, chief among them being ascending to a position of power because it was born in the right family I don't know about MPs but various countries require the president to have a parent that is already a citizen or requires them to have been born in that country. Doesn't really seem any different. Being born in the right place or in the right family is required to have certain roles in society in democratic societies as well. If we were to take your argument to the logical conclusion it is a human rights violation that we don't allow some poor person in Timbuktu to become the prime minister of Spain. Why should he have his rights violated just because he was born to a family who just so happened to be in another country?
- dudul 3y ago
  Is "able to become PM/king/whatever" a right though? Maybe i have a simplistic view but a right is something that cannot be denied. Do I have the right to become a NBA player? IMO people are too quick nowadays in calling everything "a right".

GeoAtreides 3y ago

When I was born, I had the same right as everyone else born that day to become a MP. There was nothing in the laws of my country saying: this child can not be an MP because it was born in the wrong family. The poorest child born that day and richest child have the same rights (so much as the law is concerned). A royal child, though, has, by law (by law!), many more rights than me, chief among them being ascending to a position of power because it was born in the right family.

goodSteveramos 3y ago
I’m not a monarchist, but couldn’t you say the same thing about people born in other countries to yours? (eg: that they have fewer rights in your country than you)
ImJamal 3y ago
>When I was born, I had the same right as everyone else born that day to become a MP. Is there a monarchical country that doesn't allow the monarch to choose an heir that is not their child? Just because something is unlikely to happen doesn't mean it can't happen. It is quite unlikely you become a politician as well. >There was nothing in the laws of my country saying: this child can not be an MP because it was born in the wrong family >A royal child, though, has, by law (by law!), many more rights than me, chief among them being ascending to a position of power because it was born in the right family I don't know about MPs but various countries require the president to have a parent that is already a citizen or requires them to have been born in that country. Doesn't really seem any different. Being born in the right place or in the right family is required to have certain roles in society in democratic societies as well. If we were to take your argument to the logical conclusion it is a human rights violation that we don't allow some poor person in Timbuktu to become the prime minister of Spain. Why should he have his rights violated just because he was born to a family who just so happened to be in another country?
dudul 3y ago
Is "able to become PM/king/whatever" a right though? Maybe i have a simplistic view but a right is something that cannot be denied. Do I have the right to become a NBA player? IMO people are too quick nowadays in calling everything "a right".