tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post3640018342127170628..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Monarchist Cooperation - Why Not?MadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-77802506256952316102014-06-02T10:28:35.348-05:002014-06-02T10:28:35.348-05:00Sorry but I'll take Syria over many of that re...Sorry but I'll take Syria over many of that regions countries. <br />As faulty as he is (and while I wish for Syrian monarchial restoration); Assad is secular shia and christians and other denominations thrive in the parts controlled by him. <br />In the parts controlled by the jihadis paied for by Qatar & Saudi they behead those that are not sunni or wahabi. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537386748841037706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-28503742446762045942014-05-25T11:17:30.543-05:002014-05-25T11:17:30.543-05:00This is what I have called the "republican me...This is what I have called the "republican mentality" in past posts. I tried to convey here that I understood that and so was not asking "why" but "why not" as in, "why not try to change that?" If you live in a republic, the goal of a monarchist is to strive for a restoration, if you live in a monarchy, why not strive to make the monarchy matter more and for more people to take it seriously as an alternative to republicanism?MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-1401895906378007022014-05-23T20:01:06.053-05:002014-05-23T20:01:06.053-05:00Thank God the Gulf Cooperation Council, the milita...Thank God the Gulf Cooperation Council, the military and economic alliance of Arab monarchies in the Middle East, exists. Not only do they oppose the dreadful republics in Iran and Syria, but they also act as a sort of stabilizer in the region (they helped prevent the collapse of Yemen and Egypt). They even cooperate amongst themselves to mitigate their own issues, whether it be about the Bahraini republicans or Qatar's controversial foreign policy. The GCC is the political entity that most mirrors the European Union, but without the parts that makes the EU so Godless.<br /><br />Their biggest issue is their Salafi, puritan, laws, closely followed by their massive reliance on oil revenue. But again, what makes the GCC so unique among the Middle East is that, despite their ultra-conservative behavior, they are the only ones that have reformers that are actually willing to reform. If we're lucky, we will see their worst aspects, such as Saudi Arabia's massive gender inequality, be ridden of. And when that happens, we wouldn't really have to worry about their fall. Maybe they'll even start exporting real, conservative monarchism again.Markohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01601740819464902353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-70902628996051901572014-05-23T17:50:02.905-05:002014-05-23T17:50:02.905-05:00The public may still refer to their respected coun...The public may still refer to their respected countries as kingdom, sultanate, etc. The Monarchs may still call themselves as Kings, Sultans, Emperor, etc. But, as far as the politicians who run the countries are concern, their countries are crowned republics. That's why no one is promoting monarchism actively, at least in national or international level.TANAKA8120https://www.blogger.com/profile/08169056478150976834noreply@blogger.com