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Comment on What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?

frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I think taking a broad view, there are quite a lot of constitutional monarchies that are really great places to live (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, Canada, the Bahamas, Japan, to name a few). There are also quite a lot of republics that can claim the same. So, from a sort of human development POV, I don’t think it really matters very much.

Sure, monarchies are a bit daft but I think ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ is quite a good rule. Especially since spending time on fixing things that ain’t broke is time you could be spending on fixing things that are broke. I live in the UK and we have a lot of major problems that need our attention. It’s better to focus on those than have a big argument about the King when, as we can see from international comparisons, the King isn’t really the issue.

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Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I love that you said Canada but not the UK as we share a monarch 🤣 please send help i hate it here

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- frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Heh. Yeah, I can’t really hold up a country backsliding on trans rights as an example of an effective constitutional monarchy.
  
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  - Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yeh that and the whole Enoch powel impression our aledged left wing prime minister is doing just now
    
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- throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Some people call it “TERF Island”
  
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neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
As a noggie, this resonates with me. My ideology is in line with nobody being more important from the Birthe lottery than anyone else. But my pragmatic side says that there are no pressing concerns that justify such a drastic change as abolishing the royal family.

They don’t cost that much, our regent is alright, and his heir apparent is pretty alright too. Might as well keep them around as a unifying symbol and as primary diplomats.

Plus, I have to admit that I like the concept of a lhaving an apolitical person with veto powers, in case some shithead starts something silly. I just hope said veto powers are used if needed.

Source: Met them both when I was in the army roughly 1.3 lifet8mes ago.

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