Good thing my queen is a decent women with nice, well educated kids. I has to suck to have parasites like this live at your expense.
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Parasites.
all the NONCE kings and princes had ties with epsteins MS kung fu master.
The movement to get rid of the parasitic monarchy in Norway got a lot of traction this week, so that is nice.
There is an actual hearing in Parliament this tuesday about abolishing the monarchy. Not caused by this but happily strengthened.
You can bet that once the inevitable population-wide vote happens on whether to keep the monarchy, I will vote no. I already didn't like having a monarchy from before, now doubly so.
I've traditionally been a supporter of keeping the monarchy for its diplomatic functions and (mostly) unifying force among people, but this does feel like a sea-change. Maybe opinions in Norway are more forgiving, I don't know--I moved away many years ago. In my opinion, it's probably time to re-evaluate whether we (Norway) want to keep this going. It was decided decades ago to keep it at least until the current Crown Prince had his turn, but now that's looking like a bad idea. They need to do something, and hopefully they can still wind it down with some dignity. Maybe it's possible to make a nice, clean break when King Harald passes on. Either way, it should be up to the People.
I'm not 100% convinced having a President will be better, seeing as some Presidents like to act as if they're kings. But with all the scandals, I think if anyone still believes monarchs are immune to political influence, they should wake up now.
PS: I was wondering if you have some more information about the hearing (e.g. news article). I can't find it in the Norwegian media. (I read/speak Norwegian).
You can have a President without having a Presidential system - like, for example, Germany - were that post is mainly being a figurehead/top-diplomat with mainly the power of shaming parliament when they go overboard with some laws, both not actually able to block it, possible with some limited power to dissolve parliament and call new elections.
Basically it's the same thing as a modern day monarch in a Democratic nation, except that people actually get to chose who gets the post, if they turn out to be bad at it they get replaced after 4 years rather than being there for life and they don't actually own a massive chunk of wealth for historical reasons (like, for example, the British Royal Family).
I've lived under Presidential systems (Portugal) and Constitutional Monarchies (The Netherlands, Britain) and vastly prefer the former: the latter is especially fucked up in Britain were the Royals actually have real power (to block laws) - if seldom used - and are the cornerstone of a well entrenched system of patronage and class segregation which is far beyond anything I've seen elsewhere in Europe, though granted in The Netherlands The Royals were a lot closer to normal people - to the point that before becoming King the current ruler used to work as a pilot for KLM - than in Britain.
Portugal doesn't have a Presidential system, it's a Semi-Presidential one.
You're correct, similarly to Germany it has a President with limited powers which are far less than Parliament or the Govern, not a Presidential System (like the US or France) were the President actually has executive power.
Yeah, power corrupts. But royalty is excempt from scrutiny way too much. The king keeps pardoning finance crime buddies and it's not even mentioned in the media like other corruption would be.
Anyway, regjeringen.no has info on the hearings :)
Thank you, I found it here. I'm a little bit surprised it's not in the media more.
Pretty sure because it's a routine tradition, and is always expected to end in the favor of keeping the monarchy. So it's not really too interesting unless you are a politician
I guess ‘No Kings’ is doing something after all
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He was first sentenced in 2008..
Looks bad until you realise how afraid of confrontations Norwegians are
Sounds like the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
A lifetime of living without consequence where your every whim is met creates dangerously broken people
What happened here is actually worse somehow. Mette marit was a "commoner" known on her circles as a fun party/rave girl. The usual drugs included. She had a son (Marius) with someone from that walk of life. He had the chance to turn 8 or 9 i think before having the title of "royalty" thrust uppon him at the same time his single mother got swept away on all sorts of royal adventures.
Not hard at all to see how that can fuck you up royally.
Edit: just remembered she had a sextape from the good old days, and since it was only of interest to us Norwegians and the internett wasn't as big as it is now they've managed to scrub it. Or that might just have been rumors, but I'm like 80% sure i saw it at one of the early 2000's LAN parties.
I was told that royal families are all ceremonial and that they don't have any real power, but we keep finding them embroiled with people who have real power.
Really makes you think.
Money==power. Monarchs roll in money.
No times 2. Monarchs don't really roll in money, and to elaborate let's dive into your first statement, and why it's off. Money is only really power if you have the freedom to buy with it as you want. Monarchs have very little freedom of any in that regard. Often you'll find that the vast majority of the so-called appanage comes with a note of exactly what they should pay for. Like, paying for renovations of buildings you don't appreciate living in and stills being told to live in it. Agreed, they do live a rather decent lifestyle, and there's no reason to feel sorry for monarchs' financial setup, but it comes at a hefty price of a lifetime commitment to no freedom in some regards. Personally I really appreciate the royal family in Denmark. The Danish king is a wise, highly trained military man, who also is a father driving his kids to school in a flatbed bicycle. It's just good PR for a country to have a king (and queen) like that.
In theory, yes. In our country, our royal family has an undisclosed amount of money, get an undisclosed amount of money from the taxpayer and has a number of other sources of income as well. One of the nephews of the king has a huge real estate business built upon his family money.
Fucking parasites.
Any social influencers of this level obviously have indirect power and anyone who claims otherwise is delusional.
That being said, I do think it's possible that ceremonial representation can be beneficial. I'd love states start electing purely ceremonial roles more as it's a really powerful social tool for uniting people and can be done right.
Honestly the idea of just using a mascot that you just hire someone to play isn't the worst idea. Just like, someone playing Marianne or whatever that lady that represents France in political cartoons is named.
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