America can still be a constitutional monarchy

The United States are one of the great democracies in the world. The American colonies waged a revolutionary war to obtain their independence from the British crown. It was based on the enlightening principles of constitutionalism and liberal democracy. It campaigned for important principles such as capitalism, freedom as well as individual rights and freedoms.

Nevertheless, some Americans take a loving back to other nations every now and then to find inspiration there. This also includes my country, Canada. That is not surprising. Canada and the USA are close friends, allies and trading partners. There were obviously moments of disagreement. Disputed topics from the areas of trade policy, automotive industry and the environment. There is also this little war in 1812, which some prefer not to talk about.

On the whole it was a good and healthy relationship. So much that many American liberals want to emulate their northern neighbors. This mood escalated when the liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015. US Democrats and the progressive jet set fainted. They viewed him as a modern liberal successor to the then US President Barack Obama and wanted to see his success.

Trudeau appeared in December 2015 on the cover of fashion as the "new young face of Canadian politics". The author of an article of April 16, 2016 vanity fair The article was fascinated by the "functional knowledge of the Prime Minister about the functionality of computers" and asked: "Is America completely certain that we cannot choose this guy?" A July 2017 rolling stone The article contained this heading about Trudeau: "Is it the best hope of the free world?"

In the meantime, the edition of December 13, 2015 was published New York Times Magazine that it was "again Trudeau's Canada". The liberal US publication has hardly dropped a crossword puzzle over him since taking office. Recently, they have been on the way to do more America like Canada.

The Mal published a positive article on Canadas Online News Act on June 23, which obliges technology companies such as Google and Facebook to link domestic publications for the law. An equally positive article dated June 26 dealt with Canada's "generally praised" national day care plan, which lowers the daily fees to 10 CAD or about $ 7.60. There was also a buffed folder about Toronto's new socialist mayor Olivia Chow, in the hope that she will follow her campaign program and "build a toronto that is caring, affordable and safe".

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. Most Canadian conservatives and some non-liberal progressive reject trudeaus ineffective, mediocre leadership. The US Republicans like Canada, but don't want to imitate it.

But why should facts stand in the way of a good story? American liberals want more of Canada's state -oriented politics in their lives - and you can see that. One wonders whether the Americans are gradually believing that the revolution was a mistake. Maybe you give up the dream of life, freedom and striving for happiness.

If so, what's next?

A possible solution is that the USA becomes a constitutional monarchy. It still had a form of a representative government and the opportunity to crown a king with a certain political and legal authority. The position could be occupied by an apolitical head of state, or they could convert the presidency into a monarchical role.

Interestingly, the US Senate, headed by Vice President John Adams, debated whether George Washington, the first president of the nation, with titles such as "his elected Majesty" or "his sovereignty, the president of the United States of America and the protector of" should be called her freedom. " Washington had no interest in establishing connections to a monarchy. For me it seems to be great, with the greatest uniensome that can happen to my country. ” He would be a president and he would be a president.

The modern American liberals are in the middle of a new revolution and hope to create a progressive kingdom. But there is an alternative.

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Michael Taube was a speech for the former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper