SbisasCostlyTurnover to United [email protected]English • 2 years agoKing Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace sayswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up176cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up176external-linkKing Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace sayswww.bbc.co.ukSbisasCostlyTurnover to United [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square63fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoWhen the system of government is literally based on succession through death, you kind of open yourself up to such questions.
minus-squareSibbolinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYeah, that’s the problem here, right? If you wish him away, there is only one way.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoIt’s not the only way, he could abdicate for one thing. There’s the possibility of democratic abolition of the monarchy (but if you go by opinion polls it doesn’t have enough public support at the moment).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYou can wish for the abolition of the monarchy (in a non-guillotine sort of way)
minus-squareHeartyBeastlinkfedilink2•2 years agochanging the system of government doesn’t require anyone’s death.
When the system of government is literally based on succession through death, you kind of open yourself up to such questions.
Yeah, that’s the problem here, right? If you wish him away, there is only one way.
It’s not the only way, he could abdicate for one thing. There’s the possibility of democratic abolition of the monarchy (but if you go by opinion polls it doesn’t have enough public support at the moment).
You can wish for the abolition of the monarchy (in a non-guillotine sort of way)
changing the system of government doesn’t require anyone’s death.