They don't have to give money to receive it back. They just keep it, while still having tourists (cf France).
zloubida
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.
Gefragt
He's selling his country to Russia. From Scylla to Charybdis…
Criticising those who criticise liberals for acting morally superior and not taking action to feel morally superior and not have to take action to feel morally superior and not have to take action to feel morally superior and not have to take action.
For the, the main source of proto-fascism is nationalism. The form of governement is secondary.
I am a citizen of two countries: a republic and a monarchy. Both are advanced European liberal democracies.
One has a strong far right, refuse to acknowledge its own regional languages because of the threat they pose to the national unity and has a very strong head of state that can decide a lot of things alone, without being responsible before the Parliament.
The other has almost no far right, a very numerous immigrated population, recognizes three national languages but officially communicates in two other languages spoken by its two biggest immigrated communities, has a weak head of state and a strong Parliament.
Which one is the most “proto-fascist”? The first.
Which one is a monarchy? The second.
Not to defend him, but that's exactly what Francis didn't care about.
Exactly. And that's why I don't think it's offensive.
To say that being an asshole makes you lonely doesn't mean that all lonely men are assholes.
One can't judge a relationship on an image alone but… there's a few redflags on this one. I hope for you they're false alarms.