Death to the Monarchy, Is the monarchy a good or bad thing? Options

[crocodilo]

Do any of you guys out there see any good in the Monarchies of such countries like England? All the Monarchies are is a waste of money paid by the working class tax payers. Do any of you guys think that any Monarchies are pointless and should be removed?

[EriaNight]

It really depends on the country. I like democracy, but if we're talking about England: the king/queen is more like a representative for the country than a person with real power. The king/queen does not have as much power as parliament or the prime minster [at least not anymore] but each monarchy is different.

A dictatorship [since it was meantioned previously and note the wording; it is not a monarchy at all] has a lot more control than a constitutional monarchy, but some dictatorships are flawed simply because there is a lot of lying, propaganda, and too much control over the community.

Um for people who want some definitions so they know what I'm talking about...

Monarchy: King/queen represent the country in present times, but depending on the country have varying control; a Constitutional Monarchy like England is a monarch which has a constitution (i.e. like we have a constitution...Bill or Rights...etc...)

Dictatorship: Dictator is the head; usually is controled by one person who can have an elite group of followers. Very powerful [not necessarily in a good way; i.e. Hitler, but his government was Nazism]

Communism: (not meantioned but still relevent to the previous definition)Usually doesn't work because alot of times the main person in charge gains more power than the people and it can turn into a dictatorship.

Totalitarianism: Total control over the people; very powerful; Hitler was similar to a totalitarianist dictator...his country was in no way a monarchy

Oligarchy: Elite group rules the country; Aristocracy/elite group can have alot or too much power

Yay European history!!! There are a lot more but those are the ones that kind of relate tothis type of topic.

I agree that it takes a lot of taxes to keep up the king and queen, but England has gotten a lot of respect for their monarchial history...respect which we as a nation could use at the moment (don't yell at me!! but a lot of peole hate America! I love america, but gahhh it's true)

.::Molz (senior in high school!!)