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What power does the king of England have to make things go off the rails?
by terminalshort 1y ago
What power does the king of England have to make things go off the rails?
- rwmj 1y agoHe doesn't have power in that sense, but if people lose "faith" in the aura of the monarchy then things could go south quickly.
- tim333 1y agoTechnically he's the head of the armed forces, and also can dissolve the government. In practice with a Hitler type he could dissolve the government and there'd be new elections. I guess if the people voted the same guy back that might be the end of it but it's a bit of a failsafe to this kind of thing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42943973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42943973