{"id":11389,"date":"2022-09-09T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=11389"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T17:48:27","slug":"monarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=11389","title":{"rendered":"Monarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the passing of Elizabeth II, there are once again voices advocating that Canada should shed its &#8220;colonial past&#8221;, get rid of the institution of monarchy, and transform itself into a republic.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s an absolutely horrible idea. Why? Well&#8230; let me present the ten countries at the top of the 2021 Freedom in the World index:<\/p>\n<style>td { padding: 0 !important; }<\/style>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: revert; margin-bottom: 12pt !important;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\">Finland<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 250px;\">Parliamentary Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Zealand<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uruguay<\/td>\n<td>Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ireland<\/td>\n<td>Parliamentary Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Notice that seven out of these ten countries are constitutional monarchies (four of them, in fact, under the same monarch.)<\/p>\n<p>Let me present, in contrast, the ten countries at the bottom of the list:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: revert; margin-bottom: 12pt !important;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\">Central African Republic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 250px;\">Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tajikistan<\/td>\n<td>Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Somalia<\/td>\n<td>Parliamentary Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n<td>Absolute Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Equatorial Guinea<\/td>\n<td>Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Korea<\/td>\n<td>Socialist Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turkmenistan<\/td>\n<td>Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Sudan<\/td>\n<td>Federal Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eritrea<\/td>\n<td>Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Syria<\/td>\n<td>Presidential Republic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>With the sole exception of Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy) all of them are republics.<\/p>\n<p>I think these lists speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, changing the Canadian constitution is a monumental task and I doubt any major political party would have the appetite to initiate something like this.<\/p>\n<p>As for the &#8220;colonial past&#8221;, this excessive wokeness is beginning to sound almost as crazy as the convoy nutbags&#8217; cries for &#8220;freedom&#8221;. Enough with the insanity already. Stop trying to turn this wonderful country into a battleground between two competing insane asylums.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=11389' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the passing of Elizabeth II, there are once again voices advocating that Canada should shed its &#8220;colonial past&#8221;, get rid of the institution of monarchy, and transform itself into a republic. I think it&#8217;s an absolutely horrible idea. Why? 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