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Parliamentary democracies are inherently statist because the head of
government is the leader of the legislature -- conflating two opposing
roles -- the legislature must be a check on the power of the head of
government, not aid and abet him in whatever crazy scheme he invents.
The prime ministers of parliamentary democracies are akin to the
kings of old, with the same powers. In Europe and Japan the governing
party is merely a stand in for royalty and the divine rights of kings. Only
the names have changed. In many European countries the Sovereign still
grants the legislature the authority to act, even if it more ceremonial in
reality, in thought it is the Divine Right of the King to rule. It is the King's
prime minister after all. That the French replaced their King with
President only changed the name, not the idea.
Indeed having a separate head of state is part and parcel of the divine
right -- that there is somehow this individual who has such enormous
wisdom and brilliance that he will watch over the state for the good of the
people. After all, the British Queen speaks for her subjects, not for her
government.
The American president speaks for his Administration, and though he
uses the words "America wants - " no one understands this as meaning
that all Americans want it, but that the current administration wants. But
the British Queen is there for life -- she is the state.
government is the leader of the legislature -- conflating two opposing
roles -- the legislature must be a check on the power of the head of
government, not aid and abet him in whatever crazy scheme he invents.
The prime ministers of parliamentary democracies are akin to the
kings of old, with the same powers. In Europe and Japan the governing
party is merely a stand in for royalty and the divine rights of kings. Only
the names have changed. In many European countries the Sovereign still
grants the legislature the authority to act, even if it more ceremonial in
reality, in thought it is the Divine Right of the King to rule. It is the King's
prime minister after all. That the French replaced their King with
President only changed the name, not the idea.
Indeed having a separate head of state is part and parcel of the divine
right -- that there is somehow this individual who has such enormous
wisdom and brilliance that he will watch over the state for the good of the
people. After all, the British Queen speaks for her subjects, not for her
government.
The American president speaks for his Administration, and though he
uses the words "America wants - " no one understands this as meaning
that all Americans want it, but that the current administration wants. But
the British Queen is there for life -- she is the state.