Ka-pi96 said:
IIRC Belgium set a record for longest period of time without a government or something so yeah... Edit: Yep, https://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/06/world/europe/belgium-government/index.html Pretty shitty indeed. Although it would still be shitty even without the unwanted record due to the monarchy. Nice to see their pro-"glorious leader" propaganda is working though, I guess Belgium has more in common with north Korea than I thought. My condolences. |
First off, 541 days without a government that didn't lead to long term consequences, while staying clear of the global financial crisis (global crisis came to us after we got a government back). Do you realise how stable a country needs to not have a single riot without government for 541 days ?
Second, the king has very little power. He gets to choose which of the elected official gets to choose the prime minister and that's about it. He signs the laws but never reject anything that went trough the parliaments, because he knows he would be overthrown real fast and needs to listen to the people
Third, a King in a country that doesn't need him but has separated powers controlling each others (aka democratic) means there is one more pair of eyes preventing power abuse.
Also, lawl at glorious leader. I mean there must be like 10 people in the whole country considering the king as the leader. Everyone knows the big boss is the prime minister, the king's just there to keep an eye on him.
