Having an absolute ruler kind of has everything to do with authoritarianism. The UK is flawed to a frightening degree, always has been, that’s why it’s so out of place and left behind by the rest of Europe.
Same with Norway, Denmark, Sweden, or the Netherlands - all of which are monarchies, but also 100% democracies, without the “let’s ID check everyone trying to access the Internet and block their VPNs” vibe that UK recently acquired.
Lol OK, sorry, it’s a constitutional democracy whose parliament is given authority by an absolute ruler. Still pretty shit and I strongly support any movement to do away with monarchs permanently.
Yeah they had pretty good runs, democratic constitution held strong in the US for 250 years. UK is a monarchy, same as ever.
China and NK democracy failed on basically Day 1, USSR only did a little better.
Nothing to do with authoritarianism.
They were never democracies to begin with.
Having an absolute ruler kind of has everything to do with authoritarianism. The UK is flawed to a frightening degree, always has been, that’s why it’s so out of place and left behind by the rest of Europe.
The UK’s king is not an absolute ruler.
Same with Norway, Denmark, Sweden, or the Netherlands - all of which are monarchies, but also 100% democracies, without the “let’s ID check everyone trying to access the Internet and block their VPNs” vibe that UK recently acquired.
Lol OK, sorry, it’s a constitutional democracy whose parliament is given authority by an absolute ruler. Still pretty shit and I strongly support any movement to do away with monarchs permanently.