Re: In defence of Monarchy

Michael Blair wrote:

> Monarchy may not be the ideal political system (I still don’t know
> which
> one is) but it makes a handy backup. In a crisis when democracy
> crashes
> and burns the old system, of loyalty to a leader is waiting in the
> wings, the military still swear allegiance to the monarch (as far as I
>
> know) so the change is quite smooth. The old families are still there,
>
> still rich, still influential so turning the clock back is not
> impossible.
>

Well I suppose that might work if you have a Monacrh that's anything
other than a figure head. Might actually have beeter look showing
allegiance to corporations or more influencial figures like bernie
ecclestein, Bill Gates, of Steve Forbes. <grin>

Los
<not a monarchist>