Basileus_Komnenos
Imperator Romanorum Βασιλεύς των Ρωμαίων
The purpose of this thread is to start a discussion about the idea of monarchism and its various strains.
I consider myself a Catholic Monarchist. I favor mostly free-market economics while not minding some form of Bismarckian "state-socialism" for the poor and elderly. I generally favor the Catholic concept of Distributionism. I generally favor Absolutism, but I can accept Constitutional ones, Semi-Constitutional ones, and Semi-Absolute ones. Just because I favor Absolutism doesn't mean I'm not opposed to compromise and other forms of monarchy, nor am I opposed to there being a Bill of Rights. Though I really dislike Crowned Republics since the monarchy is reduced to a glorified figurehead/rubber stamp for legitimacy giving you in practice, non of the benefits of monarchy and all the disadvantages of Republicanism (ie the Queen can't do anything while Parliament bickers). Plus not every decision should be made according to the popular will, the problem now is that if the monarch deems it necessary to act as a check on popular sovereignty as per his Constitutional Power and Royal Prerogative, the Assembly would just write out his powers like they did to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. While I'm a Catholic Monarchist, I don't advocate for theocracies, nor the persecution, or marginalization of other religious groups. I actually thing they should be respected by the monarchy with the role of the Monarch as an actual leader who governs as the First Servant of the State of the People while leaving the general people free to pursue whatever lifestyle they wish (so long as it doesn't go passed the bounds of established traditions and into what would be considered moral degeneracy). I guess this makes me leaning somewhere between Bonapartism and Frederick II style Prussian Enlightened Absolutism.
What do you guys think? If you are Republicans I'd like to hear your views as well.
I consider myself a Catholic Monarchist. I favor mostly free-market economics while not minding some form of Bismarckian "state-socialism" for the poor and elderly. I generally favor the Catholic concept of Distributionism. I generally favor Absolutism, but I can accept Constitutional ones, Semi-Constitutional ones, and Semi-Absolute ones. Just because I favor Absolutism doesn't mean I'm not opposed to compromise and other forms of monarchy, nor am I opposed to there being a Bill of Rights. Though I really dislike Crowned Republics since the monarchy is reduced to a glorified figurehead/rubber stamp for legitimacy giving you in practice, non of the benefits of monarchy and all the disadvantages of Republicanism (ie the Queen can't do anything while Parliament bickers). Plus not every decision should be made according to the popular will, the problem now is that if the monarch deems it necessary to act as a check on popular sovereignty as per his Constitutional Power and Royal Prerogative, the Assembly would just write out his powers like they did to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. While I'm a Catholic Monarchist, I don't advocate for theocracies, nor the persecution, or marginalization of other religious groups. I actually thing they should be respected by the monarchy with the role of the Monarch as an actual leader who governs as the First Servant of the State of the People while leaving the general people free to pursue whatever lifestyle they wish (so long as it doesn't go passed the bounds of established traditions and into what would be considered moral degeneracy). I guess this makes me leaning somewhere between Bonapartism and Frederick II style Prussian Enlightened Absolutism.
What do you guys think? If you are Republicans I'd like to hear your views as well.