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Honestly, I'd go with kingship. While Captain Scar made a very good point, monarchy would be a much better way to rule a nation, in my way of thinking.

I especially like the Celtic style of monarchy. When a king dies, the people will mourn him, then the wisest people decide who will replace him, based on wisdom, strength, and overall ability. So that essentially removes (for the most part) the possibility of a corrupt heir.

And if this system were to be founded on God's word, then that means that only the godliest man would be king, thus making a cycle where a king following after God instills wisdom in his people, then, when he dies, the people use that wisdom to select a new king who will follow after God, and continue to instill God's wisdom into the people.

Another thing is that in the Celtic system, the king's word is law. So, if this king were a godly man, that would mean that God's word would be established as law. Not the Old Testament law, mind you. I'm talking about the Law of Grace, which Christ brought, not to overthrow the old law, but to perfect it.

So there's my answer. I hope you enjoyed reading it, even if you disagree with it (which I totally understand). Stay safe, and have a great day!

That's a very good answer. Although, that's kind of what ancient Israel did and they still screwed it up with kings like Manasseh. I guess if the elders did a good job at selecting the heir it could work a lot better though.

Except that Israel used the bloodline system, not the system that I mentioned. Good point, nonetheless.

Israel didn't always use the bloodline. They had Saul the David, who were not related. Then Davids son, not his oldest to whom the title shouldve gone to, became king. Soloman. He was a great king known around the world.

Indeed

Awesome.

Honestly I wouldn't be good at either

I've actually thought about this. I know I would be a very good king. At the same time, my successor might not be and they'd have a lot of power to weild. Better to have less power and set a lasting precedent than be a great king for a few decades and have the country go down the drain right after your death. Balance of power is there for a reason because absolute power corrupts absolutely and even I might be susceptible to this after some time as king, so even though I'd love being king and would be great at it, being president is what's right.

That's very interesting, Captain_Scar!

King because nobody likes the president

I like him, and more importantly there have been some terrible kings

Well-said.

Dictator. Make my own rules. Not actually, id rather be a queen. Ruling behind the throne, pulling the strings of the goverment with no-one the wiser. And to be rich and live in a castle. I want a castle.

Technically, if you make it big in Silicon Valley or hustle like cray, you could buy a huge piece of land, make a house for yourself, then try to make a micro-nation (if you live in America, anyway).

Ever watch Game of Thrones? How’d life turn out for all those kings?

‘Nuff said

Big brain time here.

Based on War of the Roses, and you could find plenty of other examples in history of executed or deposed monarchs.

Typically the only way to remove a king is by force. It’s an inherently unstable system of government

Hope this helps

True but not what you said.

Don't forget the assassinated presidents.
King would still be more dangerous though

A better counter-argument than Syd’s, lol.

I’d like to see that broken down statistically — but I’m pretty sure that if you looked at all of history, monarchs are a lot more at risk of meeting a violent end.

Most definitly

Gee, more kings then presidents have been assassinated? Who woulda thunk.

Dude, keep your arguments in the politics stream

“Politics isn’t allowed in The_Think_Tank,” but the Mods only seem to care when I respond in kind.

I’m about done with the biased and hypocritical modding of this stream, but the thought-provoking questions keep bringing me back.

President. I don't think I could handle monarchy well. Unless you all want to be required by law to greet each other with Homestar Runner quotes.

Hahahaha remember this one? Apropos again :)

All hail the new ruler of ImgFlip!

Lol Awww

I'd rather BE neither.

I would rather be a president. To me, it feels wrong to have the power of a king.

neither I suck at being leaders.