Curse of Republicanism. The value of Constitutional Monarchy for countries. In praise of Kings and Queens.

By christopheranton

Contents.

Constitutional Monarchy. The best form of government.

Countries where monarchy was abandoned for republicanism.

Conclusion. Constitutional Monarchy 100%. Republicanism 0%.

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King Juan Carlos I. The King who saved his country.

Napoleon Bonaparte. Caused the death of millions.

Woodrow Wilson. The evil President of The United States.

Mao Tse Tung. Murderer of millions.

The consequences of american independence.

Constitutional Monarchy. The best form of government.

The current political and economic crisis in Greece has left me thinking about the differences between countries that are monarchies, and those where the people are ruled by a republican form of government. Most particularly those where, for whatever reason, the monarchical form of government has been abandoned in favour of ideas of progress and equality.

The modern state of Greece was originally set up as a constitutional monarchy, but royalty in that country has had a chequered history. The monarchy has been abolished around four times in the last century, and one King had the misfortune to be asassinated. The last abolition was in the nineteen seventies. At the moment there is no immediate prospect of a restoration. King Constantine II lives in exile in London, and his former subjects are starting to tear the country apart.Now I am not saying that the restoration of the monarchy would repair the greek economy, but it is arguable, that had it not been abolished in the first place, it would be giving the greek people a focus of loyalty, and a feeling of historical continiuity in their institutions that would give them pause. This is something that can never be got from a purely republican form of government, where the head of state is just another politician.

The situation in Thailand illustrates my point. In this country there is an enormous amount of political upheaval at the moment. The opposition are on the streets, and many people have been, sadly, shot in clashes. But despite the bitterness of the divisions there is still one figure in the country that commands almost universal admiration.That figure is King Bhumibol. No politician could ever hope to achieve his stature. loyalty to the monarchy, and to the person of the king is the one thing that binds all factions of the country together.It is my considered opinion that the institution of Monarchy is the cement that binds the most stable nations together, and the one thing that gives " glue" to the more volatile among them. People are naturally heirarchical, and tribal in their inner being, and they need to feel they are looking up to the leaders in their society. A royal family provides for that need in the most real way.

My study of history has lead me to look at a variety of different countries, and I have concluded that no good can come to a country, or a people when they abandon the natural form of government which is embodied in hereditary monarchy. I will give just a few of them here as examples to illustrate what I mean.

Countries where monarchy was abandoned for republicanism.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

It may seem odd to some people that I would consider that the USA would have been better served if the founders of the republic had remained loyal to King George III instead of rebelling as they did in 1776, but if they had not thrown off their allegiance, for, in my opinion very dubious reasons, they could have saved themselves the trauma of the civil war. Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire in the eighteen thirties. The "independent" colonies had to endure another thirty years, and a devisive conflict to achieve the same result.

FRANCE.

France first abolished its ancient monarchy in 1792. It was immediately followed by a reign of terror in which many thousands died, and then the megalomaniac reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, whose lunatic attempts to conquer the rest of Europe lead to almost twenty years of war, and over six million deaths.The abolition of the monarchy in France didnt even lead on to better material conditions for the poor. Thousands of people who depended on patronage from the royal family and the nobility for employment starved when the "Rights Of Man" was the ruling philosophy in the state.

RUSSIA.

I dont think I need to go into a lot of detail about the negative effects that flowed from the republican revolution in February 1917 that overthrew the centuries old Russian Empire. I only have to type one word. STALIN.

GERMANY and AUSTRIA HUNGARY

The perniciuos meddling of, republicanism obsessed, United States President Woodrow Wilson at the later stages of the first world war, in refusing to make peace with Germany and Austria Hungary, because he wouldnt make peace with "monarchical non representational" governments, not only prolonged the war; but because it lead on to revolutions in both those countries, and the abolition of their ancient forms of royal governance, opened the way for the rise of Hitler, and the scourge of nazism.

CHINA

In 1911 the last emperor of China abdicated and the country abandoned the monarchy that had ruled for over two thousand years. The result. Thirty years of civil war, invasion by Japan, and the death of over seventy million people at the hands of Mao Tse Tung, and his lunatic social experiments when the country fell to communism in 1949.

Conclusion. Constitutional Monarchy 100%. Republicanism 0%.

These are but a handful of examples that I have put together, but there are plenty more I could list.I dont think that Roumania became a better place after the communists abolished the constitutional monarchy, and forced King Michael to abdicate at gunpoint in 1948, nor did Bulgaria exactly prosper when the child king Simeon II was bundled out of the country by the same marxists. Italy is hardly a model of stability in the modern world. It has had 68 governments since it abolished it's monarchy in a rigged referendum in 1946. Has Laos prospered after the King and Queen were starved to death in a concentration camp by communists in the nineteen eighties? I think not.

There is one bright spot among this litany of degradation and historical spoliation. That is the ancient kingdom of Spain.In 1931 the ancient monarchy of Spain was abolished by republicans. Result. Bloody civil war followed by almost forty years of repressive fascist dictatorship. In 1975 the sad trend of history was reversed. Spain once again became a monarchy. It was under the wise leadership of King Juan Carlos that democracy and human rights were restored in that country. Some years later remnants of the fascist regime attempted to take over the country. They were foiled by the prompt and decisive action of the king who ordered the leaders of the army to support the state.It was because of their allegiance to the king that they obeyed.

To conclude my essay can I say that I am an avowed monarchist, who will always support a royal form of government, before a republican one any day. But this is not just based on sentimentality or nostalgia for times past. There is real evidence in history that the monarchical form of government is the type that suits best the human temperament, and that is more likely to lead to cohesion in states. I am not in favour of absolute monarchy, as I am also a believer in democracy and human rights. Constitutional Monarchy, as seen still in several lucky European states is the ideal. I just hope that some more of the countries that departed from their allegiances in the past might recieve the blessings of peace that can result from readopting their ancient forms of government. I include in that list The United States of America.

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Pax 3 months ago

Very interesting and wise read. Thank you.

christopheranton Hub Author 3 months ago

Thank you for reading Pax, and for your very kind words.

Nellieanna Level 8 Commenter 2 months ago

This does give me pause (not paws, however - wink, wink).

Seriously, I've long thought that a benevolent monarchy as a form of government has much merit, with emphasis on 'benevolent", in contrast to a monarch's right to order beheadings and ripping innards out of live detractors at will or on whim. Call me squeamish, but, so be it, not that atrocities aren't part of any form of government sooner or later. People could take pointers from dolphins!

christopheranton Hub Author 2 months ago

Hi Nellieanna.

Thanks for commenting.

Sadly the most obvious example I can give is Afghanistan.

When The Taliban were overthrown the people in that country wanted their King brought back, but the Bush administration over ruled them and foisted Hamid Karzai on them as President. He has been a complete disaster. He only managed to get elected the last time through massive electoral fraud. The situation there is that, when the allies withdraw in 2014, The Taliban will come back and the country will return to the dark ages again.

All that money and all the lives lost will have been wasted. It will be Vietnam all over again. There is still two years to change things. But unless the current American government is prepared to admit that a massive "cock up" was made there disaster looms. They need to ditch Karzai, hold a council and let the Afghan people sort out their own form of government. The United States should not be so fanatically obsessed in exporting the republican model on countries that don't need it or want it.

danm 4 weeks ago

The USA had to endure a civil war to avoid being governed by England whom had to be later rescued by the USA from being defeated by Nazis. Where would pompous old England be today had the USA not dumped the monarchy? The English and the French would be drinking Rhine wine and doing the goosestep. Lest we forget.

christopheranton Hub Author 4 weeks ago

Hi danm.

Do you mean the civil war in the eighteen sixties? That would be the one that broke out about eighty years after the colonies broke away. The United States slaves were freed then, thirty years after they were liberated in The British Empire. They wern't allowed to vote until the nineteen sixties however.

As regards the Nazis, they would never even have come to power if United States President Woodrow Wilson hadn't wrecked Europe at the end of World War One. The American intervention probably lenghtened that conflict. When they failed to support the established governments in Germany and Austria-Hungary, they left it wide open for Hitler. They made the same mistake in Vietnam and are in the process of messing up Afganistan as I write.

You really need to study your history more closely.

"Lest we Forget", Hawaii? President Clinton had to apologise for the American undermining of the legitimate government there.

danm 2 weeks ago

Hi christopheranton, you really need to watch your history more closely, the point being, in reality the Nazi's did come to power, for many reasons, no "ifs" about it. The capitalist USA's intervention did save the monarchy of England in WW2, as it saved the life of many other nations due to our strong war effort, regardless of how you want to spin it. Hawaii? Is that in Kenya?

christopheranton Hub Author 2 weeks ago

The United States did not save anything at the end of World War One. The combatants had fought themselves to a standstill in 1917 and would probably made peace by the end of that year. The only effect that "meddler" Wilson had on the course of the war was to lenghten it by a year.

Neither did America save Britain in WW2. Britain saved herself by winning The Battle of Britain. America would never have entered that conflict if Japan hadn't bombed Pearl Harbour,(an area that the United States had no right to be in anyway). Britain was still paying for America's "help" until just a few years ago. America has still not paid the compensation to the 70,000 loyalists that they agreed to compensate after the colonial rebellion in the eighteenth century, although they Americans had agreed to do so as part of the peace treaty.

If you are American you should know where Hawaii is.

It was an independant country that had its government undermined by American merchants that were foolishly given residence there. The United States navy then illegally invaded to help the troublemakers.

President Clinton apologised for the illegality of that act.

You are the one who needs to pay attention to your history. Judging by both of your posts here, you seem to be woefully ignorant of all that transpired since 1776.