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[–] jose1324 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Do they actually hold power or is it more like england with using them as trashy entertainment?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

They are the head of state. They embody the State but hold very little actual political power.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The British monarchs still hold power and information came out years ago showing some of the extent of it and how they still decide government actions and laws.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's hilarious to me that Canadians will pretend the monarchy doesn't have power over them because they can only appoint and remove the guy who has power over them at will.

Also, that guy?

Can override anything their Prime Minister does.

And they only use that guy to not be rude.

If they wanted to do it directly, they could.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Seriously. It's hilarious to hear people talk about how their actual head of state totally isn't their head of state because they usually don't do anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well that sucks.

[–] FMT99 10 points 11 months ago

They're not that entertaining unfortunately.