I mean, its a monarchy. Monarchies can’t exist in the face of unregulated speech and assembly, because they necessarily do things the bulk of the population hates in order to reproduce as a social class.
Disowning and Excluding monarchs isn’t any kind of practical solution. Neither the Prince of Wales nor the King of Siam actually give a shit about whether I’m friends with them on Facebook. And pretending I can avoid doing business with a guy who owns all the real estate that makes up the country sort of misses the reason monarchs have all this power to begin with.
You can’t socially distance yourself from monarchism, shy of fleeing the monarchical state. This isn’t a problem that’s solved with consumer choice because Monarchs - by their very nature - don’t afford you a choice of leadership.
I mean, its a monarchy. Monarchies can’t exist in the face of unregulated speech and assembly, because they necessarily do things the bulk of the population hates in order to reproduce as a social class.
Disowning and Excluding monarchs isn’t any kind of practical solution. Neither the Prince of Wales nor the King of Siam actually give a shit about whether I’m friends with them on Facebook. And pretending I can avoid doing business with a guy who owns all the real estate that makes up the country sort of misses the reason monarchs have all this power to begin with.
You can’t socially distance yourself from monarchism, shy of fleeing the monarchical state. This isn’t a problem that’s solved with consumer choice because Monarchs - by their very nature - don’t afford you a choice of leadership.