Monarchy - Yes or No?

[Szegedist]

Yes I am, the only way my country can be

[Geminus]

Because I'm French I'm supposed to be a supporter of the Revolution and the Republic ? What about fuck you ?

Of course, otherwise you would have to accept that your countrymen made some severe mistakes.

[StonyArabia]

Monarchy is probably one of the best system of government because the king is actually often responsible for the welfare of his people. A good king a good nation as a rule.

[Baluarte]

Absolutely. I believe in Catholic tradition which is Monarchist at its core. Obviously not constitutionalist nor parliamentary or whatever crap Protestants came up with.

I also have sympathy for the Jacobites and Carlists like Murphy stated in the OP (Agree with you again ).

There are currently no monarchs like that however (given Juan Carlos of Spain is completely coopted), but hypothetically I'd have no problem serving His Catholic Majesty. My ancestors did, and I don't see a reason why I wouldn't.

[Wolf]

A good king a good nation as a rule.

What's about a bad king?

[Herr Abubu]

Yes, monarchy is the best form of government there is.

[Hercus Monte]

there is a movement to restore the 1918 monarchy in Lithuania, but it's very marginal. generally speaking, I'm neutral on the subject since we're a parliamentary republic, I see no actual difference between than and a constitutional monarchy, apart from the fact I would have one less mostly meaningless election to go too.

[amoora]

God save The Queen

[Armenian Bishop]

Nothing wrong with the institution of monarchy, something wrong with the current mob in Windsor Palace.

[JamesBond007]

No. As flawed as republics are and as attractive as monarchy is through the lens of romantic nationalism, I believe that representative democracy is the best system yet conceived. What would be better, IMO, would be a system that was able to harmoniously blend aristocracy with meritocracy (which was the ideal of Thomas Jefferson), but such a system is, as of yet, unrealistic.

The problem with democracy is since politicians are not monarchs who pass on their rule to their descendants they only spend a short time in office and hence act myopically and not in the long term interest of the nation. Democracy ? European descended Americans are going to be a minority in their land in 30 to 40 years thanks to Democracy.