Comments by "Jasper Mooren" (@jaspermooren5883) on "" video.

@kanekiken2002 Even though I fundamentally agree with your point, it is not idiotic, considering that the day the queen would try to do such a thing (and fail to do so), these countries would become the republics they effectively already are. Only in the UK, the queen might actually be able to exercise this power. But indeed even the theoretical possibility isn't a great sign, although in this case, it is more based on a much less democratic history and are more legacy laws than actually enforced laws. The house of lords still containing seats that are hereditary or appointed by the church is a much more problematic part of the UK political system, since they actually hold real power that they actually exercise. As a Dutch person, I'll speak for the Netherlands rather than the UK on this issue, but indeed, I'd much rather see the Dutch king go than stay, simply because of the undemocratic symbol he represents, much more than the actual power he holds (which is practically speaking 0). Even without the exercising of power by the king the discussion of becoming a republic is pretty significant in The Netherlands (between 20%-40% support).
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@kanekiken2002 Maybe, again I don't think the queen ever will. But I don't know enough about UK to know in what situation the queen would ever use that power and how the population (and politics) will respond to it. The UK most definitely isn't the most democratic country in the world, but it isn't ranked as such either. For now it is fairly well functioning, but I think that the deep rooted culture of democratic values is way more important than the law. In the end the law is just a piece of paper, the only power it holds is the power people give it. A collapse of democratic values rarely happens according to the then existing laws anyway. Hitler didn't rise to power according to the law either (his party took absolute control with only 34% of the vote). So didn't almost every authoritarian regime. The law helps in ensuring a well functioning democracy during good times. In times of chaos only the will of the people can insure the stability of a democracy.
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