[weikel]

Woah there don't start associating monarchies with the welfare state democracy actually guarantees a welfare state as people vote themselves onto the dole. Monarchy( the rule by force of arms of a single man)does not.

[moneyrunner]

Read my post again. I compared the economic policies of monarchies to socialism. That is why, by the way, so many current and former monarchs are comfortable with socialism. They are used to centralized direction of the economy.