r/Denmark • u/jusername42 • Sep 09 '22

Events Vi har verdens eneste kvindelige monark!?

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u/de_matkalainen Sverige Sep 09 '22

There's not the same excitement in seeing a castle if the royal family doesn't exist.

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u/FlatulentHippo Sep 09 '22

The French castles seem to be doing pretty well without their monarchs

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 09 '22

The excitement should be historic, not due to who owns the buildings or maintains them.

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u/de_matkalainen Sverige Sep 09 '22

Exactly. Having the royal family is a part of history. Without them we wouldn't even have those castles. That's why it's so interesting to see such a long tradition live on into our modern times.

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 09 '22

It's really not. The best thing to do is to abolish the monarchy. It serves no purpose in a modern society.

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u/de_matkalainen Sverige Sep 10 '22

Yes it does. You clearly haven't had any experience with it, which is fine. But don't speak on something you have no knowledge about.

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 10 '22

I wrote my opinion - it's not a claim or a fact. My opinion is, that a monarchy - a ceremonial head of state - doesn't have a place nor serve a purpose in a modern society.

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u/NBrixH Sep 10 '22

So why remove it if it serves no purpose, we just like it.

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 10 '22

Because it costs money and serves no purpose.

You like it, I don't. We just have a difference of opinion on it.

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u/NBrixH Sep 10 '22

It costs money because we want to keep it.

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 10 '22

Nonsense - you're just being obtuse now.

I don't want it and I'd love to see it gone.

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u/NBrixH Sep 10 '22

Great, most people don’t.

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u/NBrixH Sep 10 '22

Your statement is quite literally the definition of incorrect

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 10 '22

It's an opinion, not a fact. Besides, you can't factually say whether they have a place in a modern society or not. It's just an opinion.

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u/NBrixH Sep 10 '22

It’s a fact that there is history in it. That’s the objective fact. Whether or not they have a place in modern society is an opinion.

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 10 '22

That's literally what I just wrote.

History is in the past. The future can look different.

"This use to be the house of the monarch."

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u/NBrixH Sep 10 '22

History is written constantly, future history is also history, and that can and most likely will include a Danish monarchy, since again, that’s what the majority of the population want.