Now I've seen it all

[eric_hinkle]

There are groups of people who wish to make the United States (and other nations) into a monarchy. You know, reigning king and all that.

I am not kiddingY'know, democracy does have its flaws, but this seems like a somewhat extreme response. But that said, if I ever become King Eric the I, rest assured that I'll have governemnt jobs for all my

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[tuftears]

The US already has an emperor!

[eric_hinkle]

Yeah, but he's dead and that kinda puts him out of the running. But thanks for reminding me of the one and only Emperor Norton.

[tuftears]

Well, apparently he has an empress still living, José Sarria "The Widow Norton", who passed his title down to Empress Nicole the Great.

If I put this kind of stuff into a novel, I would be accused of making it up, I'm sure.

[eric_hinkle]

Wow, now that I did not know! Thanks for sharing those links.

[chipuni]

You know... there are plenty of people who want a king... but very few people who want to be a peon under a king...

[eric_hinkle]

Well, how many people want to be a peon in a democracy?

[clibanarius]

Ooh! Ooh!

Can I be like Darth Vader?

[clibanarius]

But seriously though, there's a lot of things I don't like about this country but I'm not trading this system for a Monarchy.

[eric_hinkle]

At least unde rthe current system if you don't like whoever is reigning, you only have to wait 4-8 years and they're gone.

[redvixen]

The advantage of a monarchy is that the government is not changing every 4 years or so.

The disadvantage of a monarchy is that sometimes idiots inherit the throne.

The advantage of a democracy is that voters elect the government in power.

The disadvantage of a democracy is that not every voter is well-educated on the issues.

All systems have flaws.

Carvis and I discussed governments and he came up with a system that is a democratic, oligarchical, elected-for-life monarchy (well emperor rather than monarch but same idea). Sounds strange but it's a concept that might actually work. Since we'll never be able to get it into operation though, guess it doesn't matter.

[eric_hinkle]

I wouldn't mind a monarchy that had a certain specific vixen for queen. ;)

[stokerbramwell]

Kind of smacks of replacing a car with a horse-and-buggy doesn't it?

That having been said, I nominate myself for Dark Lord.

[eric_hinkle]

That's an ominous statement given that you're using a picture of Vlad Tepes. Even if (his insane brutality aside) he was rather an effective monarch for his place and time.

[stokerbramwell]

I assure you, I am completely trustworthy! Look deeeep into my eyes. These aren't the eyes of a guy who'd impale anyone, are they? ;D