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Re:Antigua and Barbuda may vote to remove King Charles III a... by felipellrocha on Monday September 12, 2022 @12:43PM (#32812917)
I think the main benefit of a constitutional monarchy is that you split the job of appearance of propriety away from the job of actual governance. Look at the US for example, the selection of a president is both trying to figure out who can do the best job for the country but also who can look the best at it.

Presumably, with a monarchy, the monarchy takes care of looking good, and the PM takes care of governing.

This works specially well for the UK since the monarchy actually generates more revenue than it actually spends (Due to mostly tourism) and you have a setup that works for most everyone.

The negative I see, is that you always have in the back of your mind the possibility that one of these monarchs might, from time to time, want to exceed the powers given to them.

Not saying I agree with the system, nor do I have a fight into this, I'm Brazilian living in the US so I've never been under such system, but this is my impartial, look at this system.

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Re:Antigua and Barbuda may vote to remove King Charles III a... by Symbiote on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:02PM (#32813195)
> the monarchy actually generates more revenue than it actually spends

Only with very creative accounting, typically favoured and repeated by pro-monarchists (including the government).

People would visit the palaces without the royal family in them, and we'd be able to charge £20 a ticket to look around inside. (See: Versailles, or the Tower of London.)

See https://www.republic.org.uk/tourism

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Re:Antigua and Barbuda may vote to remove King Charles III a... by CrendKing on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:45PM (#32818887)
How would delegating any important job of a state (e.g. takes care of looking good) to a group of people you can't replace any good? Sure, there's always good kings and queens scattered in the history to be good or even great persons, but it's not guaranteed. When it's no longer the case, what's the plan then? I thought our civilization came this long way to realize the importance of being republic.
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