It’s like when you get inoculated with a weakened form of a live virus so you can build up an immunity to more virulent forms.
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I like this image. I'm a citizen of a small monarchy, and I used to be a staunch republican (in the European sense). I'm still not a big fan of the monarchy, but it's a way to help conservatives feel secure while being, in fine, more open than the neighboring republics. But we don't have a House of Lords or any nobility beside the reigning immediate family, so that helps accepting the monarchy.
What's wrong with New Zealand or Australia ot Canada or?
They're fine. But why not go with "Republic of Canada", etc...
Having to pledge loyalty to a king/queen upon taking office or natualization is quite weird, even if its only ceremonial.
"...that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; ...so help me God."
I'm neither American nor from a monarchy, but pledging allegiance to your country still seems less weird than to a specific person. Like, what you are quoting still "on behalf of the United States" as opposed to, say, the president. Both are weird, but pledging allegiance to a person feels weirder to me.
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Republics give you Trump....
What I mean is this:
A Prime Minister is not a president. They are simply the leader of whichever party has he most seats in parliament and is therefore the "face" of the government in many ways.
Most importantly this means that there is no such thing as "executive orders" because there is no "executive" branch, per se. Meaning even if we (Canada) had fucked up and elected Trump-lite, Pollieve, his ability to do the same shit Trump is doing would be severely limited in that everything goes through parliamentary vote without exception (for the most part).
A ruling party has something called the Emergencies Act, that can, to a limited degree, allow them to enact a few things without parliamentary vote, but its use is generally highly controversial and is still very controlled by judicial review.
Long story short (too late, I know) is that the tsunami of bullshit that Orange Hitler is doing is because he's using executive orders to enact things and then fighting congress in court when they push back rather than getting congressional approval BEFORE enacting it.
Something that is far more limited in a governmental system where that much power HASN'T been given to one person.
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In the UK, the Royal Estate provides the government with a huge income (even though 25 percent goes to the king so he can repair his fancy castles).
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