I was appalled as well. Even though I was assured by Canadian friends that it was legally permitted, I was outraged at the very concept. I think it was an abuse of a power intended to be used for something else.
I agree that hereditary titles generally seem dubious, and hereditary power over others even more so. Unfortunately, we have proven time and time again that "democratic" election of leaders elevates morons just as frequently and perhaps more often than royal lines descend into idiocy through inbreeding and isolation. I have no solution to the conundrum, and consider all forms of human government equally corrupt and disastrous.
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Date: 2010-03-22 03:11 pm (UTC)I agree that hereditary titles generally seem dubious, and hereditary power over others even more so. Unfortunately, we have proven time and time again that "democratic" election of leaders elevates morons just as frequently and perhaps more often than royal lines descend into idiocy through inbreeding and isolation. I have no solution to the conundrum, and consider all forms of human government equally corrupt and disastrous.