robkelk Wrote:(at least until the airlines agree to be phased out)
Dartz Wrote:All a crown does, is make slaves of a people.
Geez guys stop trolling already.
As for me, I'm firmly in the republican camp, but don't really mind if a ceremonial monarchy is attached. But if Sailor Moon was real, I couldn't switch into the monarchist camp fast enough. I have the much the same reasons for not being opposed to a Kingdom of Heaven ruled by God. If you can absolutely trust the monarch to make good decisions, then monarchy is the best form of government, hands down. In the world we actually live in, we can't find anyone that trustworthy, which makes most forms of monarchy a terrible idea.
I've actually put a decent amount of thought into what Crystal Millennium governance would look like. Sailor Moon is fairly postmodernist in flavor, so that means we probably don't get absolute monarchy, dictatorship, or republic, but rather something with elements of all of these. Given that it's probably Ami and Rei who would set up the instruments of state, it would probably resemble liberal democracy for the most part, with most republics acting as vassal states to the monarchs. Which isn't to say decrees can't come from the top -- I'm pretty sure the list would start with "war between Earthlings is now illegal, please stop so we don't have to come over there personally and punish you in the name of the Moon k tx." The idea would be to try to leverage the strengths of both: consent of the governed and tolerance for the minority from democracy, with the long-term focus and avoidance of the tragedy of the commons from monarchy.
No one is really free from the social contract. We're either bound by shackles or love-me-chains, and so we should choose our government wisely.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto