A well functioning executive of a liberal democracy should be boring and effective.

The US puts far too much import on its President. They would have been better off with a symbolic monarch so the Chief Executive could get work done. All the limos, "Hail to the Chief," drama of Airforce One -- it's just a distraction.

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Persephonee · 22-25, F

Monarchy is certainly the solution to a lot of problems but just confines the nonsense of adherence to the unscrupulousness of elected politicians to a congress or parliament alone.

We have a monarch (albeit taken when he was heir). And look what it brought us.

Monarchical steadfastness over parliamentary mess, always.