The Right of Democracy

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The President is more of a 'real' person than the Monarch then. This gives them a greater ability to empathise with people.

That is untrue and you know it.

I don't care about Tradition. Tradition means that the State is somewhat inflexible.

Not necessarily. Tradition is the preservation of what gives your country identity.

When I went to America I took a tour of the White House. The queues were huge.

Perhaps. But you must admit that in the United Kingdom, for example, a monarch seems to hold a certain something that a President could not. The people flock to the pomp and ceremony of a monarch.

What about when the Monarch dies?

You get a new solid rock to represent your country. Laws of succession can differ - you do not need to pass the throne to the firstborn son, but instead it can go to the most competent child.

I don't understand this one, could you elaborate? If you mean that a Monarchy is likely to lead to more respect between nations, look at what happened at the close of the Victorian period - World War I...

For one thing, one of the main aggressors in the First World War was France - a republic. Secondly, when it comes to monarchies, we must look to the future, not the past. Anyone who wants a return to the WWI status quo is a fool - a modern monarchy can be and is something much different. Thirdly, monarchy was one of the most common forms of government of the time, so the likelihood that a monarchy would start a war was much higher than it is now.

I am not going to put a price on my freedom.

It does not, on a practical basis, make you any more or less free.

You are not electing the highest official in your Government, which by definition makes it undemocratic.

Incorrect. For one thing, we have many different types of democracy. Secondly, the citizens still have a voice through their elected representatives, who control the actual balance of power in the country, making it democratic.

I don't understand why you would like to have a government where one person can take away your rights in the blink of an eye.

Because they can't. I'm not talking about an absolute monarchy or anything even close to that - I'm talking about a constitutional monarchy where the monarch has a little more power, and where checks and balances exist to both the Parliament and the monarch in the form of each other and a constitution.