But did they?
> It’s also written somewhere that I’m subject to a king, so I’m not really free anyways. Also I don’t actually own any land. It all belongs to my king. That’s written down too.
Is it something that people are proud of? A big part of the culture?
> Heck we aren’t even accumulating weapons just in case!
Not like you could do anything about it, seeing as the monarch took the guns!
This is silly. Canada is free to legislate however it wants on gun ownership. King Charles has nothing to do with it.
FWIW, technically they do not have that power. In a constitutional monarchy the monarch is subject to the constitution. The king can't technically abolish canadian parliment anymore than the us president would be able to technically abolish congress.
Of course there is a certain truth to the idea that its all a social construct, and anyone can abolish the government if they are backed by a large enough number of people with guns.
Also I don’t actually own any land. It all belongs to my king. That’s written down too.
This is actually a really fascinating subject but not for a Friday night. Long story short: what’s written, and what actually is, are often quite different. I find my American friends sometimes freak out over the “but they could take your freedoms away!” when they read about stuff like that. Well, yeah they could do anything. Like make secret courts that ignore constitutional freedoms.
I think it’s healthier to be aware that it’s all a social construct that demands political activism.