Win / KotakuInAction2
KotakuInAction2
Communities Topics Log In Sign Up
Sign In
Hot
All Posts
Settings
All
Profile
Saved
Upvoted
Hidden
Messages

Your Communities

General
AskWin
Funny
Technology
Animals
Sports
Gaming
DIY
Health
Positive
Privacy
News
Changelogs

More Communities

frenworld
OhTwitter
MillionDollarExtreme
NoNewNormal
Ladies
Conspiracies
GreatAwakening
IP2Always
GameDev
ParallelSociety
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Content Policy
DEFAULT COMMUNITIES • All General AskWin Funny Technology Animals Sports Gaming DIY Health Positive Privacy
KotakuInAction2 The Official Gamergate Forum
hot new rising top

Sign In or Create an Account

44
The Queen died the same way she lived her life : avoiding taxes (i.imgur.com)
posted 2 years ago by BidenIsACuckold 2 years ago by BidenIsACuckold +46 / -2
50 comments share
50 comments share save hide report block hide replies
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (50)
sorted by:
▲ 12 ▼
– DaddySpoons 12 points 2 years ago +15 / -3

That stands for most rulers. Your description of the Queen could equally be applied to the President. I would rather be ruled by a Monarch than a politician.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 7 ▼
– xsept 7 points 2 years ago +7 / -0

When you're ruled by a Monarch, you're ruled by somebody who was thoroughly prepared for this role since birth, in his upbringing and education. It's his duty. His main incentive is leaving the country in the good shape for his descendants, as well as for the entire nation.

When you're ruled by a president, you're ruled by someone who has decided that he WANTS to rule, so usually that's a person with some serious psychological condition. He's elected "by the people", so his competence doesn't really matter. What matters is either how he sells himself to the voters, or who counts the votes cast for him. His main incentive is making as much money as possible until his term ends. Shape of the country doesn't matter if you can spend your retirement in another country.

...yeah, it's a no-brainer, really.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 4 ▼
– when_we_win_remember 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

The main problem with monarchs is you get to generations with weak or sinful kings, and it's hard to get rid of them

I mean shit England got a queen for some reason

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 3 ▼
– xsept 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

I know that's the main argument against the monarchy, but then nobody really gets rid of the presidents either. "We have a mechanism to get rid of him" is irrelevant if you never use that mechanism. Who cares whether it's more difficult to get rid of the king than the president (arguable) when it's essentially the same?

And honestly the presidents do not represent the best in the nation. With a king, "weak or sinful" is a "maybe". With a president, it's a "maybe not".

Theoretically the best of the two worlds would be an elective monarchy, such as eg. the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century or Vatican currently -- but the practice shows that it's actually the worst of the two worlds. You get an uneducated, psychologically impaired head of state with royal powers for life.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 1 ▼
– when_we_win_remember 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Presidents automatically time out in most countries. yeah, it's a problem where they don't. They're usually called dictators.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 3 ▼
– Assassin47 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

It sounds like we need some kind of hybrid system, but the inverse of those others you mentioned. Something where the leaders are not people who want to be leaders but those prepped for it from birth - but where there multiple options to choose from. They should be taken from all corners of high society, and forced through some kind of competition or a rigorous election - not a popularity vote by the masses - to determine who will be the ruler. And there needs to a way to retire them without violence and put a new one in place if we realize we made a mistake. (term limits for a start)

Obviously on top of limited government restricted by constitution and law and all that good stuff. I'm less interested in who is in charge than I am what powers they have.

permalink parent save report block reply
▲ 2 ▼
– GimmeFuelGimmeFire 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0

the SPQR has entered the chat

permalink parent save report block reply

Original 8chan Links to Gamer Gate:

.

The main GG discussion is on the videogames board: https://8chan.moe/v/

.

GamerGate archive is at https://8chan.moe/gamergatehq/

.

GamerGate Wiki:

https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php/Main_Page

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

The below rules are just a summary of the rules which can be found in the Welcome Ashore post.

.

ONE: Do not post Illegal Activity, or criminal manifestos.

.

TWO: Do not engage in speech that promotes, advocates, glorifies, or endorses violence.

.

THREE: Do not threaten, harass, defame, or bully users.

.

FOUR: Do not post involuntary Salacious Material.

.

FIVE: Do not post Porn

.

SIX: NSFW content must be flaired NSFW.

.

SEVEN: Do not post Facebook accounts or twitter accounts with less than 500 followers, and personal information.

.

EIGHT: Do not intentionally deceive others by impersonating another.

.

NINE: Do not solicit or engage in transactions that are federally regulated by the US govt.

.

TEN: No vote manipulation. Do not break communities.win's features.

.

ELEVEN: Do not post spam.

.

TWELVE: Do not post intentional falsehoods or hoaxes.

.

THIRTEEN: No reposts

.

FOURTEEN: Do not post more than 5 posts a day to this sub.

.

FIFTEEN: Do not direct particularly egregious identity based slurs at users.

.

SIXTEEN: Do not attack entire identity groups as inferior or conspiring.


Moderators

  • DomitiusOfMassilia
  • ClockworkFool
  • C
Message the Moderators

Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

2025.03.01 - whdws (status)

Copyright © 2024.

Terms of Service | Privacy Policy