Royalty, democracy or something else?

Question

What system of government do you prefer? Let's assume democracy. But in countries with royal lines do you think the members of families should be priviliged or no? Or seen as everyone else? Or rule? Any thoughts?

Answer 1

The last known Bluebloods were a family in Ohio before the invention of color film.  As you Bluebloods signified royalty before the invention of the printing press, when regular people could read.

Answer 2

Nowadays all the countries with monarchies alive have a representative government structure, which means they are democratic. The functions of monarchs are more like head of state and not as head of government, and in most of the countries they just represent a living history part of the nation they belong to.

Answer 3

Gods kingdom...lets pray for that every day!

Answer 4

Constitutional Monarchy is the best system of government.  

The Royal Family does all the ceremonial work for the State, so that the Prime Minister and his cabinet can actually focus on their work and policies.

This is better than the American model where the President, as head of both the State, and the Government, has to fulfill both the ceremonial and the gubernatorial roles.

It's become obvious that US Presidents can't handle these dual roles.  Just look at the current US President as an example!

I'd prefer a Constitutional Monarchy, because in the rare instance we have an incompetent or indolent Monarch, no one needs to really fret; as they don't have any constitutional power to begin with.  They're a symbol of the State, and nothing more.  Hopefully though they take their position seriously and treat it with respect, as Queen Elizabeth II has so faithfully done for the past half century.

God Save Her Majesty!

Answer 5

All European countries with Royalty (With the exception of Monaco) are democracies! A constitutional monarchy means a non-political Head of State but the Government runs the country.

I'd rahter be a commoner than royalty, no paparazzi shots of me rolling out of nightclubs drunk, no people interested in who I'm sleeping with, dating. My friends not being hassled when then on a night out with me, etc, etc. Who would want to be royalty in this day and age?

Answer 6

I would prefer a namlevtocracy. Under this system, Namlevram (i.e. yours truly) would be the absolute leader for life of all enlightened nations.

Answer 7

i wondered at what's the AMERICAN had done about ROYAL-lines ???. At making the AMER-IC-CAN democracy. Did i just poking-full-myself ???. !! .???.

Answer 8

Actually, I really don't have that much of a problem with a ruling aristocracy, so long as they were actually bred to lead rather than be indolent-say, like before the Conservative Party broke down due to the Corn Laws. They'd be able to govern without trying to put on some contrived act like our politicians do today.  Instead of merely fearing that they'd lose the next election, they'd have to fear a bloody overthrow by the masses, so they'd govern justly.

Answer 9

What are you on about. Most countries in Euope and the rest of the world which have royal families have democracy.