miriam wrote:Funny how mankind longs for the yoke of the monarchy.
miriam
How exactly does monarchy equal some sort of yoke?
Serb:+Patriarch Pavle Calls For Restoration Of The Monarchy!
Natasha wrote:A "yoke" by that the existence of the monarchy implements an undemocratic hierarchy- it represents the interests of the upper-class only.
Forgive me if this sounds snide, but....
How does our (US) system any different? Our oh so glorious republic only responds to the interests of the upper-classes. Or who ever can right the biggest check.
I think most people's dislike of monarchies comes from the screwd up version the Franks came up. In both England (before the Norman Conquest) and in Russia (before Peter the-not-so Great, I believe) the non-land owning classes were free citizens, probably more so than I.
If I read correctly St. Vladimir, after converting, implemented, for want of a better word, a national healthcare/welfare system or something along those lines. Assuming that's correct, he was over 1000 years ahead of our government.
For any that are interested, here is a good article on the Monarchy-NO Monarchy debate.
Accusing Slobo for ethnic crimes is a nonsense.. The guy is a genuine internationalist, he doesn't love or hate serbs more then hungarians or moslems, etc.. It is a western media toy - they needed a serbian nazi to counterbalance croatian, albanian, etc genuine nazies, so they invented the "Slobo Great Serbia" idea.. It never happened in reality..
I partially agree with you Daniel...I think the differences are in the technicalities, like you can't elect the King, but you could be elected President 
However, I wouldn't go so far as to say that you are less free than the serfs...they didn't even have the option of literacy.
And since no one else here has addressed it yet, a Heavenly King is enough for me, I don't see any reason why we should try to create an earthly kingdom.