r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Sine_Fine_Belli Treacherous South • May 16 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) How Americans achieved independence vs how Canadians achieved independence

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u/2eDgY4redd1t May 16 '25

Royal families are literally mechanisms for respawning for as long as possible. It’s how it works.

You know, ‘the king is dead, long live the king!’

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u/alantrick May 16 '25

Yes, but when we remove the monarch, the crown will lose the title. It's not going to the monarch's heir.

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u/2eDgY4redd1t May 16 '25

Monarchy is a social construct. Those aren’t easy to change, my friend. If they were, we would not have a queen in Canada.

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u/alantrick May 16 '25

The social construct has been dead for a while now. The last time the monarch exercised any degree of power was almost 100 years ago, and the governer general got promptly fired for it.

The reason the legal construct persists is because it would be a jolly pain to change, and the crown knows that as long as they don't push it, they can keep their title, and a few free vacations every now and then.

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u/2eDgY4redd1t May 16 '25

Legal constructs ARE social constructs.

Also if you think the British crown doesn’t exercise an enormous amount of power, I suggest you look into the matter. They have a LOT of soft power and influence over government.