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Specifically they were sexualizing and objectifying her, and she was 17 at the time

Sounds like what you might want is polyamory

I myself relate to what you're saying a lot, with the exception of also wanting/having romantic feelings. I just don't vibe with all that's involved with monogamy

I would rather have someone that's conventionally unattractive and funny than the hottest person in the world with the personality of a wet sponge

Except, you know, attractiveness is subjective, and heavily influenced by your personality

Don't sell yourself short

Animals don't grow infinitely. If their population surpasses capacity, they have a mass die-off

I don't know why you bring in the ozone layer here. That was not a problem that had anything to do with reaource consumption.

I mean, is Anna's archive under risk even? Yeah, worst case they can get every major DNS to ban them, but that won't stop them from being accessible. And if they operate in a country that doesn't give a shit, they won't face consequences,especially if their opsec is good enough

Not to mention, things are backed up with torrents. If their servers get raided they would be able to restart where they left off

In my eyes, if you got the chance at something major like spotify's entire library, you take it.

But that's literally what I'm arguing for though..?

And as another Norwegian who already replied to you. I'm under 60, and so are my friends, and we care

Intentional power structures should be abolished. Otherwise they will inevitably lead to corruption. We need more democracy, not less

And it's not just treated as a "should have known better" in the media. They are calling it an acute crisis for the foundation of the institution. It's treated with great seriousness

What picture does it show the world when the family representing our country, that is literally living lavishly in a castle mind you, is mired in scandals, and we cannot exactly simply replace them because it's a monarchy?

Who would replace the monarch though?

At that point it's literally just an appointed minister by another name. And I'd rather have the position taken by someone who doesn't live in a literal castle

And yes, I know it's a constitutional monarchy, I live here :)

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

While I agree that having an independent body from the main political organ makes sense, I feel like a monarchy isn't a great symbol to have in the first place

And what's going to stop future scandals from happening? Or consequences for them? If a future king does something bad, we can't exactly fire them and replace them with someone else, as that's not how a monarchy works. We only got one tool, and it's to abolish the monarchy. It doesn't feel like great checks and balances

Generally I am against inherent power. And a monarchy is the peak of that, as you simply are in a position of power by having a lucky birth. It is true that lucky births happen constantly and are everywhere, especially if you get born in norway, but it feels wrong to actively support it.

It just doesn't really feel like a system that has a place today. Though I do also realize that there's problems with having a president or the like as well. But generally I support more democracy, not less.

And also as a final note like, if this went hidden for so long until the files got released, I wonder what other stuff got hidden as well? I mean, we got pretty much directly lied to here back in 2019

I'm just uncomfortable with systems that enforce a hierarchy. I think we could do with less of that

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.