Krjder wrote:Not really, in a true republic the people on top are just really lucky/hard workers.
In a monarchy they are born into the title which serves as a bloody reminder of the infinite sins of the crown and symbolically they will always remain oppressed so long as their is some asshole out their willing to call himself king and rule with an iron fist, even if "ceremonially"...
In a true Republic. Very few are. And the nature of capitalism means that there will always be an elite, monarchy or not. And how on earth is ruling ceremonially ruling with an iron fist? No one in any western monarchy is oppressed, by the monarchy anyway.
to be fair to Inyursta's point...







