Nepal abolishes the monarchy of 240 years

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  1. Sciencelovah Registered Senior Member

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    Nepal, a landlocked country situated between China and India, today switch
    from a monarchy to a republic, a historic move that ended about 240 years of
    autocratic rule in the country.

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  3. Tyler Registered Senior Member

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    Let's give them some time before we start judging.
     
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  5. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    I smell lubricating oil on a guillotine.

    Moreover, monarchy is preferrable to rule by the mob. As such, I do not find this a preferrable shift.

    Plus, how undeniably unromantic is it to dispense with tradition?
     
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  7. Tyler Registered Senior Member

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    Wait... so you think undemocratic countries should remain that way to uphold tradition?
     
  8. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    I do not see an essential value to democracy in and of itself. If anything, democracy is an aberration as much as it lionizes the mob. An aristocratic republic, perhaps, but a democracy? I do not think there is any ethical or political concerns that are best addressed by this model.

    But yes, tradition ought to determine that a monarchy remain in power, at least in name. A constitutional monarchy is preferrable to a pure republic for this reason.

    There is something to be said for the aesthetics of royalty, regardless of their political power being superceded by a more republican form.
     
  9. Tyler Registered Senior Member

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    And if the people don't like this tradition?
     
  10. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    I am not particularly interested in what the mob holds to be right, wrong, preferrable, unprefferable, beautiful, ugly, truth, or falsehood. Their position is not bolstered in the least by being numerous.
     
  11. EmmZ It's an animal thing Registered Senior Member

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    Oh my god. Somebody stop this planet, I want to get off.
     
  12. TruthSeeker Fancy Virtual Reality Monkey Valued Senior Member

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    This is not a bus. It's a planet.
     
  13. retaxis Registered Member

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    Good for them. Maybe they should adopt "socialism with Chinese characteristics".
     

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