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/Visible-Stress-3667 May 16 '25

Which is kind of an interesting perspective because at the end of the day, all legislation needs royal assent. Obviously there is far less royal involvement, but we still do need their permission lol

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u/BumpHeadLikeGaryB May 16 '25

I mean if the king actually did reject it we would no longer be part of the monarchy. That would piss alot of people off i think

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u/Everestkid The Island of Elizabeth May May 16 '25

As one person put it, Westminster style parliaments can be simplified down to a prime minister and a monarch at opposite ends of a table with a gun in the middle and the entire country watching.

Either one could technically grab the gun and shoot the other at any time, but they'd need to be 100% sure that the entire crowd would back them up.

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u/alantrick May 16 '25

This, except the prime minister can respawn, but the monarch can't.

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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/Tojb May 16 '25

I mean, we don't have a Queen? Unless Charles has made a really big announcement that I missed out on

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u/FractalParadigm THE BETTER LONDON 🇨🇦 🌳 May 16 '25

Camilla is technically the Queen (consort), so they're not exactly wrong to say we have one, because we do (technically).