I literally have to swear allegiance to King Charles soon 🤣
And I'm swearing allegiance to that same Monarchy for the second time. But it's not a redundant swearing, but different crowns on the same head. The Commonwealth countries each have different crowns, so really, it's allegiance to two different crowns).
My opinion is complex. But has more to do with the "in practice" than the "on paper" application of Monarchies vs Republics. And it has to do with our particular period in history. Go back to the 1700s, and I'd definitely prefer a republic to a monarchy.
My baseline opinion is more one of indifference. However, now I'm seeing that because of their status as a hereditary executives, it leaves the executive office effectively stuck in democratic societies, while in republics the executive office tends to take a far more active and damaging role in society. I think the reason is that the executives in democracy tend to legitimize themselves as a "people's dictator" where Monarchies are incapable of doing this. So, you could say I'm pro-Monarchy for the inactive rule they play in democracy which benefits democracy more than republics have proven to.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
