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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Oh please try Chuck. Please do. The one incontrovertible way to end the monarchy immediately would be if one of the inbred stands up and tries to exercise any real power.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

It would be really cool seeing a monarch get guillotined in the 21st century

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'll settle for a few billionaires, I guess...

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’d much rather this happen to billionaires. They have actual power.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

There's actually a very good stage play about this exact subject.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The queen dissolved parliament a few years ago, and while she is dead now I don't think her death was related

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Parliament asked her to do it though. That's a bit different. If a monarch tried to force the issue it would go very badly. It's one of those technical power versus real power things.