I am a member of this association myself and attended this meeting (but not pictured in the article). New York Times were there and the result was a very interresting article about Sweden´s form of government, discussing if a monarchy or a republic is the best form of government in Sweden (my own opinion is obvious).
/ The Cat Goes Political
Showing posts with label Monarchy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monarchy. Show all posts
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Sweden as republic
Normally I blog about music as "the drumming cat", but from now on I will also try to blog about politics, society etc. This is not a blog with a clear poltical colour, so wether your left or right, please comment and share your own thougts.
Thought a good first topic would be to discuss the political system in Sweden. As you might know Sweden still have a monarchy. May be without "real power" to make decisions, but it is still a situation where someone who is representing Sweden inherits his/her position which is in my mind most un-democratic.
As a republican I have tried to debate Swedens form of government on different internet forums. What strikes me most is that the royalistics defence for monarchy is that he is a symbol for Sweden and its people. In my mind the monarchy represents that it is ok to inherrit power in a democratic country. When a family in the constitution is guaranteed money from the state and the position as king/queen from generation to generation, that is power... And clearly, if the king represents Sweden on his journeys abroad, shouldnt I have right to decide who that person is?
Stating that someone is suppose to represent the entire country requires a democratic election. This system doesnt represent me as a Swede, why should I just have to accept the situation and not be able to vote for another candidate if I dont feel this person represents me?
After the wedding which I didn´t like at all I immediattelly joined Sweden´s republican association to hopefully put the last non-democratic institution in Sweden in the history books.
/The cat goes political
/The Cat goes political
Thought a good first topic would be to discuss the political system in Sweden. As you might know Sweden still have a monarchy. May be without "real power" to make decisions, but it is still a situation where someone who is representing Sweden inherits his/her position which is in my mind most un-democratic.
As a republican I have tried to debate Swedens form of government on different internet forums. What strikes me most is that the royalistics defence for monarchy is that he is a symbol for Sweden and its people. In my mind the monarchy represents that it is ok to inherrit power in a democratic country. When a family in the constitution is guaranteed money from the state and the position as king/queen from generation to generation, that is power... And clearly, if the king represents Sweden on his journeys abroad, shouldnt I have right to decide who that person is?
Stating that someone is suppose to represent the entire country requires a democratic election. This system doesnt represent me as a Swede, why should I just have to accept the situation and not be able to vote for another candidate if I dont feel this person represents me?
After the wedding which I didn´t like at all I immediattelly joined Sweden´s republican association to hopefully put the last non-democratic institution in Sweden in the history books.
/The cat goes political
/The Cat goes political
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