I have never believed in MONARCHIES. They are rarefied welfare recipients on the permanent dole at the expense of the taxpayer. They have no place in the 21st century. I might also add that we as Americans and especially conservative “republicans” with a small “r” should begin in earnest to export the ideology and principles of our founding fathers. For far too long we have imported the failed ideas of others. It’s time to fight back, the cultural and ideological war is just as important as the one we fight with bullets and bombs. We cannot afford to win on one front and yet lose on the other.
Why should we fault Australia for doing what we wanted to do back in 1776?
Agreed. I mean no offense to Commonwealth citizens, but the idea that certain people are entitled to an elevated position in society because of their lineage is repugnant to me. I can't fathom how that belief persists in modern, democratic societies.
Sure, we Americans have our Hilton's and our Rockefeller's. But whatever advantages these people enjoy comes from voluntarily-given admiration, not any legal precedent.
Australia's leadership may be turning in the wrong direction in every other area, but I think they have it right when it comes to becoming a republic.