My stance on Monarchy is always: don't remove what isn't broken.
A Royal Family is the living embodiment of the nation, their bloodline is like a sort of representation of the permanence and transcendence of a nation, the visual evidence to back up the belief. If a country is lucky enough to have this institution, it can be an incredibly powerful unifying force. Also, a Prime Minister - who is a minister of the crown - has the added bonus of there being no doubt as to whether the nation has truly selected that person, as the Royal Family - the will of the nation expressed in human form if you like - has permitted that person to discharge his/her duty and has included that person in one unbroken chain of service.
It really is a dream come true for the Far Right (particularly since whatever leader you select to lead your movement would end up as Prime Minister..), so if you actually have this institution in your country, don't oppose it. It actually makes life a lot easier if you have it.
starman2003 wrote:without religious mumbo jumbo.
However the Far Right is
inherently mystical and religious. To even start, you have to believe that the nation is more than the sum of its parts, that it is actually a concrete thing that really exists, and that it has a
will of its own and that it also seeks its own ends. You can try cover it up by window-dressing it with some 'secularism', but it would it would always be built atop and driven by religious thought-processes even if you don't call it religious.
And that isn't a bad thing, that's just the way it is.