# Is it good or bad to have a monarchy?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 8, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-good-or-bad-to-have-a-monarchy/835212 "2019-06-08T14:22:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-good-or-bad-to-have-a-monarchy/835212/29 "2019-06-09T05:27:47Z")

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> [@Buffy / Minorities on TV / Etc. (possible spoilers for bbc2 people)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-minorities-on-tv-etc-possible-spoilers-for-bbc2-people/112833/23):
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> Theres just no incentive for the leaders in a monarchy to care about the well being of their citizens, anymore than there is incentive for an American politican to care about the well being of people in Kenya. If the US & Kenya became one nation, and the 50 million Kenyans suddenly became voting citizens of the US, then US politicians would start caring deeply and quickly about what the people of Kenya want because now they’d have something to gain or lose by keeping the Kenyans happy.

> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> Modern monarchies that are just for show in modern democracies are one thing, but real monarchies are ruled with no incentive to show concern for the public’s well being.

Louis XVI will be very glad to hear that.

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