Hello. I want to ask Scandinavian people, do you like that your countries are Kingdoms? Does monarchy unite people?
Hello. I want to ask Scandinavian people, do you like that your countries are Kingdoms? Does monarchy unite people?
Why is this just related to the Scandinavians?
I hate the monarchy in Norway. It's nothing personal against the royal family, per se, I just think they're useless. They have no real power, their only purpose is to be symbolic, which I care very little about. I'd take a proper republic any day. I know most people in Norway is pro-monarchy, so it most likely won't go away any time soon.
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I quite like our monarchy (Sweden). It's a good symbol. Old tradition. Give's us well educated diplomats (well, if we skip that our current king at times is a bit hamfisted, yet an ace guy).
If they stopped being monarchs the state would likely lose most of the "crown" lands that are most likely still owned by the royal family.
But in essense?
Yes I like them. I much rather have a powerless King, than a President with a veto.
(I wouldn't say no to a Merkel being OverLord of Europe however).
I don't think of my country as a kingdom. The monarchy and royal house is rather an old-fashioned institution sucking on the taxpayers comforting tit...
I don't see many upsides to living in an institutional monarchy but I'm okay with it. I'm a bit conservative in that area I guess
Waste of time & money.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
I like it.
It's not like they really have any power and apparently we have one of the worlds lowest paid royal family's so the cost doesn't bother me all that much compared to other useless things in society. At least they bring the population together and do a very good job at representing us on an international scale.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
What about Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Spain and all non-European kingdoms?
Anyhow, on topic: A rising number of Swedes want to abolish the monarchy, but I'm not entirely sure whether that group of people is actually large, or just loud. As far as I know, it's safe to say that a majority of Swedes either want to keep monarchy, or see no reason to make abolishing it a priority. I'm part of the latter group; there are many things to fix before spending time getting rid of a few individuals who doesn't really cost us any noticeable amount of money.
I think that statement is incorrect, they do the jobs that nobody wants to do but will do them anyway in order to lead a reasonable life, yet undercut you with the wages. Making it worth more to stay at home and collect benefits than try and undercut someone that will work for peanuts.
They do actually cause more crime.
But I am of the opinion that it's a failure of integrating them into our society (being discriminated etc), which can be a two-way problem. Both groups (natives & immigrants) need to work together. We need to treat them better, and they need to respect our society values.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance