The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 17 Nov 2010 at 8:48, Stephen Gray wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Yes, but the point is he think's he's entitled to rule via birth right > regardless of his aptitude for leadership. That is one of the flaws of > hereditary monarchy. Living in California will only increase his sense > of entitlement.
The re-estabishment of the monarchy worked well for Spain, after Franco. The point of having a monarch is not that he/she rules particularly well, but rather that the country does not have an elected president. Therefore the executive power has to be vested in a cabinet, not in an individual. Compare what has been achieved by the actions and policy of President Karzai in Afghanistan, with what King Juan Carlos has achieved by being a 'mere figurehead', in Spain. The failure to restore the monarchy in Afghanistan was a tragic mistake. A cabinet you see can include representatives of various ethnic groups, regions, and to some extent political leanings, whereas a President is but a single person -- a failing for which there is no remedy, however brilliant the person may be. On my blog, see http://tinyurl.com/practical-monarchy Sen __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-540363-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
