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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno
A monarchy is a government where "the highest ruling body is a single person, whose right to govern is inherited by birth and not decided by election or other means of selection".
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If "the highest ruling body" is a single person, that single person has total authority do they not?
What is to stop them simply claiming the power that I describe? As many, if not all, Monarchs in the past have done. Whether they used the power or not isn't the issue.
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Originally Posted by Lo Zeno
Europe is FULL of monarchies, and none of the kings or queens has the powers that you describe  |
I may be incorrect but I think Europe is full of
Constitutional Monarchies, which is a whole different kettle of fish to a straight "Monarchy".
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