Pixar's "Cars" is just like NASCAR

[Zevico]

Nothing like an anachronistic, inbred parasite over-class to add a bit of legitimacy to one's universal suffrage.

QFT.

[Ben Kenobi]

Nothing like an anachronistic, inbred parasite over-class to add a bit of legitimacy to one's universal suffrage.

As opposed to a modern, grasping parasite class that votes itself perks? At least the peers have justification for their position.

[ricketyclik]

The hypothetical you pose is not very useful to this discussion. It's a nice story though.

No governor general or monarch can take action of his own accord. They cannot disallow bills without the consent (usually written as "advice", but "advice" in this context actually means consent) of the government of the day. Not now, not ever. This is fundamental to democratic government and it has been for a few centuries now. The last time a monarch refused to give the royal assent to a bill was in 1707. You may be aware that a war was fought over the issue of monarchical power in the United Kingdom. Heads rolled, including that of King Charles I, over the matter. At this point I invite all comers to make as many beheading puns as possible.

There is no reason to suppose that the monarch will ever regain their status and power in society, as you have acknowledged. An active monarch is a contradiction in terms in a constitutional monarchy. Any attempt to do so will fail: to reiterate, the Crown acts "on advice"; any attempt to act without "advice" is ineffective.

This is an educational post for me, and very reassuring. Thankyou Zevico.

However, let's not lose our heads. I still would prefer to remove the monarchy, both for reasons stated and as others have since raised out of general principle.

[Elok]

As opposed to a modern, grasping parasite class that votes itself perks? At least the peers have justification for their position.

...you're referring to Congress, I take it? Just want to be clear here.

[Imran Siddiqui]

At least the peers have justification for their position.

I think we may have a different meaning of the word "justification".