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Re:Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian... by 908B64B197 on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:40PM (#35104159)
> I find my American friends sometimes freak out over the “but they could take your freedoms away!” when they read about stuff like that

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?

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Re:Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian... by Waterluvian on Friday March 10, 2023 @08:52PM (#35104252)
Nobody here really cares about the monarchy beyond the novelty. But we don’t feel threatened by the fact that technically the monarchy has sweeping powers to dissolve government and walk away with our freedoms. Heck we aren’t even accumulating weapons just in case!
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Re:Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian... by 908B64B197 on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:23PM (#35104450)
> But we don’t feel threatened by the fact that technically the monarchy has sweeping powers to dissolve government and walk away with our freedoms.

> 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!

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Re:Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian... by foldr on Saturday March 11, 2023 @06:45AM (#35107479)
>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.

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Re:Giving the middle finger is a ‘God-given right’, Canadian... by bawolff on Friday March 10, 2023 @11:45PM (#35105449)
> But we don’t feel threatened by the fact that technically the monarchy has sweeping powers to dissolve government and walk away with our freedoms.

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.

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