MONARCHIES, by Anonymous

Monarchs may not have the power over their countries like they used to, they seem to have become sort of culture icons now more than a serious power.

 British people say that they like to keep the royal family around for tradition. With having no real power you think that they would have just done away with them years ago.  They are not the only ones who have kept their monarchs around for the tradition other places like Netherlands, Thailand, and Norway still have the royal blood lines running strong.  Since our country was founded on the point of getting rid of the Monarchs and having a free democratic system it may be hard for many Americans to understand why keeping the Royals around would be such a big deal to everyone. Since wasn’t the point of our revolution to get away from the British Monarchs?
British Royal Blood Line

Why is this so important to the people of those countries to keep their royal blood lines? A lot of people from these countries with such strong blood lines think that it brings them together as a country, that it shows unity and a strong sense of Nationalism. Nationalism in the United Kingdom has been around and has been really strong since close to the beginning of the U.K..  As far as other countries like Norway and Thailand, their sense of Nationalism developed later on throughout the course of the country’s history, so it’s understandable why they would want to keep the blood lines going to make the country’s national identity stay strong.

Maybe Monarchs are the best thing for these types of countries. If the country can have a strong functioning government and keep a strong form of national identity with their Monarchs, more power to them.