Make America Great Britain Again

[Agrellus]

I want a "meh" option.

[Novus America]

I want a "meh" option.

We need a Lady Liberty Mecha option.

[Dooom35796821595]

I want a "meh" option.

We need a Lady Liberty Mecha option.

You should try a petition, like the Death Star one only cooler.

[SD_Film Artists]

I wouldn't mind the U.S. being Great Britain's colonies again, I don't like monarchies though so that has got to go.

Other than that I'm an anglophile.

Yes, it's good that America is leading the world against hereditry rule- with the wife of a former president contesting against someone who won against a president's brother who's dad was also president.

[The Archregimancy]

I wouldn't mind the U.S. being Great Britain's colonies again, I don't like monarchies though so that has got to go.

Other than that I'm an anglophile.

Yes, it's good that America is leading the world against hereditry rule- with the wife of a former president contesting against someone who won against a president's brother who's dad was also president.

Ah, to be Canadian - where you can have both a hereditary head of state and a hereditary head of government....

[Roma Byzantina]

Yes, it's good that America is leading the world against hereditry rule- with the wife of a former president contesting against someone who won against a president's brother who's dad was also president.

Ah, to be Canadian - where you can have both a hereditary head of state and a hereditary head of government....

If it makes us have such a connection with Canada then I'd say do it!

[Greater Tezdrian]

Yes.

[Old Tyrannia]

Yes, it's good that America is leading the world against hereditry rule- with the wife of a former president contesting against someone who won against a president's brother who's dad was also president.

Ah, to be Canadian - where you can have both a hereditary head of state and a hereditary head of government....

So what you're effectively saying is, Canada is Japan under the shogunate/bakufu? I look forward to the Charlesian Restoration and consequent imperialist antics.

Honour the king, expel the barbarians, eh.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Ah, to be Canadian - where you can have both a hereditary head of state and a hereditary head of government....

So what you're effectively saying is, Canada is Japan under the shogunate/bakufu?

Hail to our supreme excellence, Tokugawa I-ay-yasu!

#MakeCanadiaGreatempireofjapanagain

[Hakons]

So if a monarch is a "symbol," they have no practical purpose. A nation should unify on their basic principals like liberty and democracy, and not on one person that will die eventually. It is much easier to place loyalty in time honored principals than in a different person every generation or two.

Because freedom.... freedom never dies

A monarchy is the Head of State, negating the need for one to be elected. And they can also be important symbols of a nations culture and history.

War...War never changes.

until they started using immortals

So the Head of State doesn't need to be elected? Why should the Head of State be selected by whoever popped out the womb first?

So if a monarch is a "symbol," they have no practical purpose. A nation should unify on their basic principals like liberty and democracy, and not on one person that will die eventually. It is much easier to place loyalty in time honored principals than in a different person every generation or two.

Because freedom.... freedom never dies

So handing out the complete works of John Locke would have created a stronger unity and national strength in 1940-41 than the King and Churchill among others bringing the nation together with the resolve to carry on?

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John Locke was a colonist, so his words wouldn't do much for England. FDR, a democratically elected President, brought our nation into a fighting stance and was a major contributor to Allied victory.

So we can just make the Statue of Liberty our queen. She does as much as yours. Who is also nothing more than a symbol and tourist attraction.

Our Queen does more work then your presidents.

I'd really like to see that. Of course, it would require turning the Statue of Liberty into a 50' mecha and have it walk around as the American head of state.

"Our Queen does more work then your presidents"

I just have to laugh at that and chalk it up to excessive nationalism. The United States is the most influential nation in the world, and thus its leader is the most influential person. President Barrack Obama has helped pull America out of the Recession, captured the orchestrator of the 9-11 attacks, opened relations with Cuba and Iran, passed near universal Healthcare, and urged sweeping reforms for LGBT rights. What has the Queen done since 2008?

To everyone now:

I have yet to see someone explain to me why a hereditary ruler is preferable to a democratic ruler. Why does a monarch deserve their position? How on Earth are you going to get good leaders based on rigid hereditary rules that pay no attention to ability?

[Europe and Oceania]

I wouldn't mind the U.S. being Great Britain's colonies again, I don't like monarchies though so that has got to go.

Other than that I'm an anglophile.

Yes, it's good that America is leading the world against hereditry rule- with the wife of a former president contesting against someone who won against a president's brother who's dad was also president.

Not sure if I'm supposed to take this seriously or if this is a joke lol.

[Roma Byzantina]

To everyone now:

I have yet to see someone explain to me why a hereditary ruler is preferable to a democratic ruler. Why does a monarch deserve their position? How on Earth are you going to get good leaders based on rigid hereditary rules that pay no attention to ability?

The Monarch would be a symbol, while Congress (from my understanding) would choose a Prime Minister. Combine that with the right voting system (not FPTP) and it might be possible to drag the US out of the "Possibly a flawed Democracy" zone.

[Hakons]

To everyone now:

I have yet to see someone explain to me why a hereditary ruler is preferable to a democratic ruler. Why does a monarch deserve their position? How on Earth are you going to get good leaders based on rigid hereditary rules that pay no attention to ability?

The Monarch would be a symbol, while Congress (from my understanding) would choose a Prime Minister. Combine that with the right voting system (not FPTP) and it might be possible to drag the US out of the "Possibly a flawed Democracy" zone.

Why does the monarch deserve to be a symbol? Why not get the most likeable or charismatic person to be that symbol? This new "symbol" will be another tax liability. Their plush lifestyle would be paid by the hardworking taxpayer.

Rule by inheritance simply doesn't stack up to democracy. Making the Head of State a monarch is a BIG step away from Democracy. Yes, the current system has its flaws, but the WORST thing to do would be to eliminate elections for the Head of State altogether.

[Neolvex]

Yes, it's good that America is leading the world against hereditry rule- with the wife of a former president contesting against someone who won against a president's brother who's dad was also president.

Ah, to be Canadian - where you can have both a hereditary head of state and a hereditary head of government....

Welp, time to move to canada.

[Albertae]

This is the dumbest topic ever. There was never a republic. There was never a republic of the United States. The Republican Party was not founded because of that fact.

[Hakons]

This is the dumbest topic ever. There was never a republic. There was never a republic of the United States. The Republican Party was not founded because of that fact.

I just realized another flaw. The OP claimed this would end the Republican Party. However, if the Presidency was abolished, the Republican Party would gain enormous power. They have a strong hold in the House and a majority in the Senate. They could choose the PM, which would likely be Paul Ryan. GOP would have the House, Senate, and the equivalent of the White House, and could choose which judge to replace Scalia.

Quite a different result than what the OP said.

[Arachaea]

We need to combine Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK into one United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand! One massive constitutional monarchy / parliamentary democracy to rival the world!

But in all seriousness, if the USA wants to join the Commonwealth, I wouldn't mind.

[Novus America]

We need to combine Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK into one United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand! One massive constitutional monarchy / parliamentary democracy to rival the world!

But in all seriousness, if the USA wants to join the Commonwealth, I wouldn't mind.

If you combined all those countries the US would have a large majority of the population. And would vote to remove the monarchy... You would be basically having the US annex the UK. It is hard to arrange an equitable merger when one of the 4 has far more population, money and military than the other 3 combined. And again the monarchy would be unlikely to survive.

What does the US gain from joining the commonwealth of nations?

The US should focus on strengthening NAFTA, the Caribbean Commonwealth and OAS instead.

Despite speaking the same language, the US is very different than just a British colony now, we are a combination of former French and Spanish colonies as well, and have migration from a lot of places other than Britain. The US has not been predominantly British for nearly 200 years now.

[Albertae]

We need to combine Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK into one United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, North America, Australia and New Zealand! One massive constitutional monarchy / parliamentary democracy to rival the world!

But in all seriousness, if the USA wants to join the Commonwealth, I wouldn't mind.

The Commonwealth would join the USA.

[The Christonian Imperium]

and texas, the Appalachian mountains, the ozarks, the rockies, the planes, and montanna would secede

[Neolvex]

and texas, the Appalachian mountains, the ozarks, the rockies, the planes, and montanna would secede

Basically there would be no "United States" to rule. Just smaller countries.

[The Christonian Imperium]

Screw nafta and globalization

[Dar es Saalam]

I would prefer a fascism form in order to bring things to rights in the US, if we are talking about changing the country's politics so radically. A little anarchy blended in, some fractionalization of the Union and boom, stabilization.

[The Christonian Imperium]

I would prefer a fascism form in order to bring things to rights in the US, if we are talking about changing the country's politics so radically. A little anarchy blended in, some fractionalization of the Union and boom, stabilization.

WHAT DID YOU SAY. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE UNITED STATES INTO A DICTATORSHIP YOU CAN GO TO THE CORNER AND CRY

[Socialist Nordia]

I would prefer a fascism form in order to bring things to rights in the US, if we are talking about changing the country's politics so radically. A little anarchy blended in, some fractionalization of the Union and boom, stabilization.

Ok, that made no sense. "Fascism with some anarchy blended in" is an oxymoron. This isn't even coherent. Oh wait, this is sarcasm.