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J.J. McCullough is a cartoonist, writer, and political pundit living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Read his bio.
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Last week Thailand had a military coup, deposing the nation’s democratically-elected government. Critically, the coup was endorsed by Thailand’s King Rama the Ninth, which, as any Associated Press story will tell you, is important because the monarch is very “revered.”
The coup follows on the heels of the so-called “royalist coup” in Nepal last year, where that country’s monarch similarly dismissed a popularly-elected government in favor of a more hardline one of his own choosing.
In Canada monarchists often speak of constitutional monarchy as a system that is inherently supportive of democracy. In practice, however, it seems everything is dependent on who the occupant of the throne is. A constitutional monarchy is useless if the monarch isn’t interested in doing his job. Good article describing the Thai coup.
J.J. McCullough is a cartoonist, writer, and political pundit living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Read his bio. 
October 4th, 2011 at 10:47 PM
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