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Hopefully they go the way of the UK: The Sovereign (King or Queen) gradually evolved to have limited power.

• vt85 2y ago
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• nine_k 2y ago
  They would first need an angry mob of barons (sheikhs?) to force the king to sign a Magna Carta.
  • logicchains 2y ago
    That's already the case; the king doesn't have absolute power, the sheikhs of each of the Emirates share power (proportional to how rich/powerful their emirate is). That's why Dubai's policies on so many things differ vastly from Abu Dhabi's; it's a bit like the US's federalism.
• jcranmer 2y ago
  Given that the UK's gradual evolution involved lopping off one king's head and another king getting disposed when his military essentially refuses to resist an invasion, and that both of these were caused in no small part by the respective kings holding the wrong religion (and attempting to impose it!) according to their subjects, I don't think the UK is the model you'd want to see followed.