What are the BAD things about a constitutional monarchy?

Answer 1

Monarchy has sometimes worked badly as a system, because people become a monarch simply because they are descended from the previous monarch, which does not in any way guarantee that they will do a good job or can be trusted with the power of the monarchy. However, in a system such as the one England currently has, the monarch serves a purely ceremonial function and has little opportunity to cause any serious trouble (although it would still be possible to cause serious embarrassment) so the risk is much less.

Answer 2

There is nothing bad about a Monarchy provided that it is a Constitutional Monarchy, ie, the country is run by democratically elected people and not the reigning monarch. All European monarchies are Constitutional Monarchies.

Answer 3

In monarchy, the personal whims of the monarch in taking any important decision is final,where the welfare of the people is secondary. The lavish luxury of the monarch and his family is perpetrated at the cost of tears of the poor citizens,who have no personal freedom to ventilate their grievances. Further, there is a tendency of dynastic rule, as monarchy continues with the throne occupied by the next kin as heir.In Great Britain, monarchy continues even within the democratic set up, at the cost of taxpayers' money.

Answer 4

Whether monarchy is good or bad depends entirely on the quality of the monarch. Since ruler selection is hereditary it is a complete toss-up as to whether a son will reign as well as his father. Second, because monarchies do not gain their power from the people, they have no serious need to make their views consonant with those of the population, which can often result in high levels of repression.

Answer 5

yes they suck but we are doing a project/debate and they are bad for citizens

Answer 6

Ordinary people have no choice as to who their head of state will be. A head of state can stay as long as they want.

Answer 7

Because there would be no rules and everyone would go crazy, and slowly stuff will be all over the place and nothing would be in conrtol!! ;(