tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post3472348098805729938..comments2023-10-17T16:05:59.282+01:00Comments on radical royalist: radical royalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00438964016034979338noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-44708755659026756072010-11-06T10:09:21.623+00:002010-11-06T10:09:21.623+00:00What "powers" does the British/Australia...What "powers" does the British/Australian Monarch have? Does she really "threaten" you? I feel much more threatened by the politicians' powers - and any president would be either a politician or a politicians' puppet.<br /><br />A Monarch's position is not just inherited. Take the Australian example: The 1999 referendum gave the Monarchy a democratic legitimacy. The people wanted the Monarch to continue.<br /><br />The father of modern sociology, Max Weber, pointed out that governments draw their legitimacy from three basic sources: traditional, religious, and legal. The first two are self-explanatory; by "legal," Weber meant Western-style democracies based on popular representation and the rule of law.radical royalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00438964016034979338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-77728947306039294772010-11-06T09:25:15.408+00:002010-11-06T09:25:15.408+00:00I meant dictatorial in the sense that they cannot ...I meant dictatorial in the sense that they cannot be removed by any form of voting, their power is assured no matter what they choose to do with it.<br /><br />She's only above the political fray because she has nothing to do with it and the only times she wields her power you have to ask who gave her the right to make that decision?<br /><br />One of the major problems for me isn't that the monarch themselves make undemocratic decisions, but that through the crown parliament is allowed to make undemocratic decisions. i.e. Royal prerogative, Privy council etc.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200814430153413467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-82402013944269051872010-11-06T02:24:23.913+00:002010-11-06T02:24:23.913+00:00It seems you fail to see that a crowned democracy ...It seems you fail to see that a crowned democracy is not contradictory, but the ultimate form of government that garantees individual liberties and participation of everybody in the political process.<br /><br />A King or a Queen under a Constitutional Monarchy is never obliged to any political party like a president is. They are not elected and they don't belong to any party, therefore nobody can accuse them of supporting a specific group or only the decisions/ideas innitiated by a group. They are above all minor or major political clinches/arguments and only their prestige is what calms down spirits, not their inexistent powers.<br /><br /><i>A monarch is everything that a democracy shouldn't be, an unelected head with no accountability and in effect a dictator. </i><br />Could you please name one living Monarch who acts like a dictator? Even the most powerful Monarchs – King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia or Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said of Oman – have less personal power than presidential dictators like Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe or Raùl Castro of Cuba, not to mention the republican oligarchy that rules China or North Korea.<br /><br />According to you, Queen Elizabeth must be styled a dictator? In which country do you live? Manchester must be in cloud cuckoo land.radical royalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00438964016034979338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-33087239337283186552010-11-05T22:47:51.577+00:002010-11-05T22:47:51.577+00:00How do you manage to put both..
'The current...How do you manage to put both.. <br /><br />'The current state of Nepali politics is not appropriate for institutionalizing democracy in the country.' and then..<br /><br />'the US is in favor of "reviving monarchy in Nepal"<br /><br />..and fail to see the contradiction.<br /><br />A monarch is everything that a democracy shouldn't be, an unelected head with no accountability and in effect a dictator.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200814430153413467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-47906566290245295252010-11-03T01:25:59.182+00:002010-11-03T01:25:59.182+00:00OK, OK... now how about trying that with Afghanist...OK, OK... now how about trying that with Afghanistan, and Iraq?CA Constantianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783897797072456003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595888.post-65281597135470879182010-10-31T21:23:51.118+00:002010-10-31T21:23:51.118+00:00Isn't this typical. You never miss the water u...Isn't this typical. You never miss the water until the well runs dry.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com