Comments by "리주민" (@user-nf9xc7ww7m) on "Should Monarchies Still Exist in the 21st century? | Debate with J.J. McCullough" video.

  1. You said you're going to having a debate by addressing JJ's points. Amateur! Debates are all about dodging the issue and attacking the person and his failings. - signed all politicians 😋
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  2. Hard to be the referee (head of state) if you're also a team player or recently resigned from such (political party member) Even worse when the referee and a team coach (party leader) is the same person (presidential system).
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  3.  @Emigdiosback  My jab was at the presidential system (I think...been a while), which merges the referee with the winning team coach. Why only one (US) has not devolved into dictatorship at some point in its history...yet.
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  4. Iirc, japan was the first parliamentary monarchy, it just was not democratic. The role of emperor was a figurehead, while the shogun--think prime minister+supreme commander was the political ruler. The "political" parties if you would 🤔 were clans (eg Tokugawa, minamoto) with the clan leader of the ruling clan being the shogun. Obviously, no elections, but still parliamentary (separation of head of state from head of govt).
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  5. Communist monarchy...funny since communists despise monarchies.
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  6. Didnt the N-zis and the communists win democratic support before they suppressed it? Pretty star trekky hands off...
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  7. In a parliamentary system, the head of state could sack a head of govt who tried to thwart democracy. Unlike the judiciary, the head of states ruling would be carried out as he is the commander in chief of the armed forces.
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  8. 13:30 The governors general fulfil that multicultural...excuse me, bicultural role (anglophone and francophone only...nevermind the first nations who predate both). Hmm. I am curious if a first nations member could be the permanent Canadian monarch, or governor general. No anglophone or francophone alternating...
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  9.  @UsefulCharts  I believe you are directing that question to the wrong person. 😉
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  10.  @Dommi1405  One can fill the "void" of religion by state civic "religion" or other non-religious ideologies. Reading isn't a sport but can replace hockey, basketball, etc.
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  11. Theocracies exist too. Oh, and demarchies (democracies, but chosen by lottery rather than elections).
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  12. The old term used for parliamentary monarchies was a crowned republic.
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  13. It's semi-presidential, so he's got a lot more of a political role than lizzie.
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  14. 2:15 So if the majority of the people want a communist dictatorship, that's all well and good? Not condemning if you believe. That's actually a very star trekky approach.
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  15. 7:19 Can a head of state be an animal or inanimate object? Think about it. If mostly ceremonial, the private secretary of the head of state (Tama the Cat, for example) could walk him to the ceremony and Tama could meow to the citizens delight. The prime minister would be the political leader...though probably would do worse than that cat.
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  16. 9:35 Sorry, disagree with putting absolute monarchy on par with presidential republics. As much as I rail on presidential republics, they have checks and balances. The president is not absolute. That being said, the monarchical equivalent would be an executive monarchy where they are the full executive, but are checked by a legislature and judicial. An absolute monarchy would be along the lines of an absolute republic--an elected president with absolute power.
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  17. 10:22 So why are you not against semi-presidential too? Yeah, elected, but same other issues exist. That being said, France has a constitutional council to proactively check bills for constitutionality before assent by president. Not sure if Russia does.
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  18. 2:41 I get what you're saying as it's the other type of govt (republic v monarchy v theocracy) as opposed to style (presidential/executive, semi-, parliamentary, collegial, people's, etc), but... The actual opposite of monarchy (one ruler) is infinarchy (infinite rulers), or more reasonably polyarchy (many rulers). Oligarchy (few rulers) lies in between.
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  19. 3:55 The US and most of Latin America and Africa are presidential republics to use similar terminology (parliamentary v presidential).
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  20. 3:50 North Korea's democratic peoples Republic is no more a republic than it is a democracy. Kim jong un is Kim III, 3rd in the Kim dynasty. It's a communist monarchy, which is funny since most communists hate monarchies.
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  21. Oh, Bernard...In all systems, civil servants actually run the country. Watch Yes, Minister.
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