Haha, thanks pede, you too. In terms of ideology, divine right of Kings etc, I’m absolutely a Jacobite. Although I do agree to an extent that the ‘Glorious Revolution’ was necessary. American Monarchism has always intrigued me, what kind of system would you like to see, under King Donald I of course 😉.
Non centralized absolutism. While I can appreciate the ideas behind the Magna-Carta it had the unfortunate effect of undermining monarchism by changing the legitimacy of government away from Divine Right. Divine Right is inseparable from Monarchy because it explains why the hierarchy exists in the first place. A monarchist site that I frequent explained is thusly:
When it is said that the kings have descended from the divine, it means that they are the continuation of the best in our people, which is closest to the divine because such people have the best understanding of reality, the highest moral standards, and will advance civilization by not merely reacting to conditions but by imposing a creative focus to their leadership by which they not only do what is practical, but improve the quality of what exists so that it rises above what we previously thought was possible.
To hominids gathering beetles, roots and bush meat it must have been inconceivable that something like imperial Rome or pre-democracy Athens might exist. In the same way, to modern people it seems impossible that life can be anything more than gathering jobs, consumer products and triplicate forms. But it is possible to rise above and then keep on rising.
For that reason, traditional societies saw their aristocrats as a gift from God. These were people blessed with not just intellectual power, but moral goodness, and within that, the aesthetic preference for beauty, truth, sanity and excellence. These people alone can make a great society.
At the same time, power needs to be kept local. Your town's local lord knows what is best for the town than the King located on the other side of the continent even though the King knows what is best for the nation as a whole.
That site sums it up really well, monarchies by divine right are essential to its proper functioning and existence. A Divine Right monarch HAS to stick to the religious rules, or their very position and authority is called into question. They are fundamentally there to uphold good morals and practices. I also like the fact monarchs are trained from birth for the role, they eventually live and die by their decisions and are generally less corruptible due to the power and wealth they already hold. I agree on the need for non-centralised power too, that’s one of the things I really admire about the USA’s system (what it’s supposed to be anyway), the fact power is exercised by the local states and not the central government. The President is supposed to ‘preside’ over the nation, ensuring the constitution is upheld, whilst the states work within those boundaries. It’s a great idea, but it’s become so corrupted, it’s sad to see. I’m not going to pretend there isn’t downsides to monarchies, but we’ve had far more bad democratically elected officials, than we ever had bad Kings, and that’s a fact. I really do think democracy is dying everywhere, so your dream of an American monarchy is actually more viable than it seems. I admire how you can appreciate it, because that whole ‘1776 thing’ kinda tarnished its image 😂. Seriously, good luck with it mate, I’d love to see it one day. God Save The Queen and God bless America 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Haha, thanks pede, you too. In terms of ideology, divine right of Kings etc, I’m absolutely a Jacobite. Although I do agree to an extent that the ‘Glorious Revolution’ was necessary. American Monarchism has always intrigued me, what kind of system would you like to see, under King Donald I of course 😉.
Non centralized absolutism. While I can appreciate the ideas behind the Magna-Carta it had the unfortunate effect of undermining monarchism by changing the legitimacy of government away from Divine Right. Divine Right is inseparable from Monarchy because it explains why the hierarchy exists in the first place. A monarchist site that I frequent explained is thusly:
At the same time, power needs to be kept local. Your town's local lord knows what is best for the town than the King located on the other side of the continent even though the King knows what is best for the nation as a whole.
That site sums it up really well, monarchies by divine right are essential to its proper functioning and existence. A Divine Right monarch HAS to stick to the religious rules, or their very position and authority is called into question. They are fundamentally there to uphold good morals and practices. I also like the fact monarchs are trained from birth for the role, they eventually live and die by their decisions and are generally less corruptible due to the power and wealth they already hold. I agree on the need for non-centralised power too, that’s one of the things I really admire about the USA’s system (what it’s supposed to be anyway), the fact power is exercised by the local states and not the central government. The President is supposed to ‘preside’ over the nation, ensuring the constitution is upheld, whilst the states work within those boundaries. It’s a great idea, but it’s become so corrupted, it’s sad to see. I’m not going to pretend there isn’t downsides to monarchies, but we’ve had far more bad democratically elected officials, than we ever had bad Kings, and that’s a fact. I really do think democracy is dying everywhere, so your dream of an American monarchy is actually more viable than it seems. I admire how you can appreciate it, because that whole ‘1776 thing’ kinda tarnished its image 😂. Seriously, good luck with it mate, I’d love to see it one day. God Save The Queen and God bless America 🇬🇧 🇺🇸