Re: [OpenHeroQuest] Re: Democracy for Idiots

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_AkRtdfHjLvqrEAoYDGy_hjfEZcQM2wIPyiV0wOHS7mQDM0DYaRCZT755vNfpm>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:32:45 +0000 (GMT)

> Because I live in the Principality of Monaco,
> which is a hereditary and technically absolute
> monarchy
> (although the monarch has sovereignly limited his
> powers
> via the Constitution), and certainly _not_ a
> democracy.
>
> And the vast majority of people who live here
> believe that
> the system in place is far, far better than
> democracy.

I never knew that. Learning new and possibly useful things, on this list? What's the place coming to??

Monaco is quite small though, isn't it? Would the way it's governed scale up sensibly?



Jane Williams

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