throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhat's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·5 days agoBecause conservatives would go to the culture war trenches over it and it’s a cheap, simple concession that literally does not matter. You give them a royal family as a chew toy and ideally pass non-reactionary, non-anachronistic stuff elsewhere.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days ago it’s a cheap, simple concession Depends. AFAIK the English monarchy is fairly expensive.
Because conservatives would go to the culture war trenches over it and it’s a cheap, simple concession that literally does not matter.
You give them a royal family as a chew toy and ideally pass non-reactionary, non-anachronistic stuff elsewhere.
Depends. AFAIK the English monarchy is fairly expensive.