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595 posts and 1086 image replies omitted.The Melancholy and Lamentations of Emo Grace
<"…Saving only that he [the Earl] was carried away with the stream, in a manner, of the whole nation, to think that England was not an absolute, but a mixed monarchy; not considering that the supreme power must always be absolute, whether it be in the King or in the Parliament…"
<"…Besides, I told you before, that those which were then likeliest to have their counsel asked in this business, were averse to absolute monarchy, as also to absolute democracy or aristocracy; all which governments they esteemed tyranny, and were in love with monarchy which they used to praise by the name of mixed monarchy, though it were indeed nothing else but pure anarchy…"
<"…Only that fault, which was generally in the whole nation, which was, that they thought the government of England was not an absolute, but a mixed monarchy; and that if the King should clearly subdue this Parliament, that his power would be what he pleased, and theirs as little as he pleased: which they counted tyranny…"
Emo Grace recites Hobbes verbatim and sulks at anon
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grace, do you have any thoughts on the magna carta (1215)? the distribution of power by representative councils eventually led to the parliament of 1265 in england, eventually being dominated by commoners who killed the king in 1649, and established a republic.
the restoration did lead to a new constitution based in a separation of powers (1688), but the monarchy is phased into a pure ceremony, with king charles iii himself debasing the rite of coronation in 2023, effectively democratising the medium between the head of state and the head of the national church.
another way of stating my question - are you an absolutist or a constitutional theorist of monarchy? the biggest theorist of monarchy today seems to be curtis yarvin, yet he is a pure constitutionalist, stating that the king as CEO would be "accountable" to board members. this separation of powers then gives sovereignty to the shareholders or nobility, rather than the king himself. this was the original dispute of the magna carta, and it seemed to kill the crown.
>>734140>grace, do you have any thoughts on the magna carta (1215)?The Pope dismissed it and it was a remonstrance of the notables against their monarchy.
That is one instance where I support the Papists.
>another way of stating my question - are you an absolutist or a constitutional theorist of monarchy?This must be aggro. Anon wants to aggro me.
I've been around for years, and OP
>>661723 &
>>661724 makes it clear enough I am for notions of monarchy preeminence and think mixed constitutionalism is an opinion not only absurd but treasonable–so yes, absolute monarchy is what I support full on unironically.
I hate mixed constitutionalists / so-called constitutional monarchism.