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Anonymous A started this discussion 1 month ago#136,319
Britain is weird because you still have a king although by technicality he doesn’t do anything which makes it difficult to find a concrete reason to object to it. He’s just sort of there I guess.
Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,446,999
I'm assuming you're American? Sure, I understand, a monarch might seem weird to you if your country has always been some kind of democracy or a republic where leaders are elected in some way.
This actually isn't super unusual, a lot of countries still have monarchs. A few European countries do, like Norway and the Netherlands. In Asia, Thailand still has a royal family too. Usually their roles are largely ceremonial or minimal, with the elected government doing most of the actual government, but I can't speak about the specifics.
In my country, the UK, the monarch in theory gives the ultimate assent for the government to be formed, but in practice they would probably never say no to this. They also do some other important stuff, like handing out government honours various kinds of soft diplomacy, etc.
Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE double-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,447,000
Come to think of it, also, there are also countries today that are Absolute Monarchies where the monarch isn't subordinate to a civilian government. Saudi Arabia and Qatar. I guess the Papal States also sort of count, come to think of it.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 4 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,447,007
I kinda get the sense monarchy is okay as long as it’s a pretend thing but if it’s a real thing (Saudi Arabia) then it’s bad, aka beheading people in public.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 28 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,447,011
@1,446,999 (Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE)
Ah go on, come on over to Dublin an have a go at suckin off the monarchy, and see how that one pans out, will ya?
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 4 weeks ago, 5 days later, 6 days after the original post[^][v]#1,447,616
@1,446,999 (Killer Lettuce🌹 !HonkUK.BIE) > Sure, I understand, a monarch might seem weird to you if your country has always been some kind of democracy or a republic where leaders are elected in some way.
Theres nothing particularly complicated about a monarchy, the confusion arises when the office exists without any meaningful ability to govern or reason for the position to exist, and frankly being a glorified zoo animal or celebrity isnt a very good reason. The asians still treat their monarchs as an embodiment of their god, so obviously you cant really get rid of that, but in europe this concept is deader than a lesbians marriage.
are they perhaps keeping the line around in case the experiment fails?
Green !pDif3ODBl. joined in and replied with this 4 weeks ago, 3 hours later, 6 days after the original post[^][v]#1,447,632
I love the King and the monarchy and here is why: I'm assuming you're American? Sure, I understand, a monarch might seem weird to you if your country has always been some kind of democracy or a republic where leaders are elected in some way.
This actually isn't super unusual, a lot of countries still have monarchs. A few European countries do, like Norway and the Netherlands. In Asia, Thailand still has a royal family too. Usually their roles are largely ceremonial or minimal, with the elected government doing most of the actual government, but I can't speak about the specifics.
In my country, the UK, the monarch in theory gives the ultimate assent for the government to be formed, but in practice they would probably never say no to this. They also do some other important stuff, like handing out government honours various kinds of soft diplomacy, et cetera.