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Originally Posted by Mr Curzon Biggles
But Monarchy....well, the history of them isnt inspiring...
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Like what? Monarchies were among the most stable governments around in European history. And especially during the Middle Ages the King's power was significantly checked by the aristocracy and the church. And certainly the serfs enjoyed decent living.....most of our perceptions of Lord-serf relations has largely been tained by Marxist stereotypes. Susan Renyolds even noted how fluid the class structure was during the feudal ages.
Anyways.....I support the concept of what is commonly called a "Social Monarchy". That is a monarchial system that runs on a populist-type program and seeks to become close to the common people. This is usually done in accordance with the social doctrines of the Church(both Catholic and Orthodox, since many Czarists had this concept like Sergei Zubatov who formed pro-Czarist labour unions).
Although Im not a strict monarchist(that is I can give support to other forms of government besides monarchy per se), but I still believe many aspects of monarchial government needs to be incorporated into any government system.
As I explained at Skadi in a thread on this topic:
http://forum.skadi.net/showpost.php?p=68518&postcount=1
I'm not a Monarchist per se, but I have always admired the level that tradition, ceremonies, ritualism, and sense of nobility were upheld under the Monarchies. I adhere to the notion of a "Popular Monarchy", which was a notion upheld by many emigre White Russians. That is, the Czar and the nobility exist, but its more of a populist form of monarchy.
I noticed often how the Fascists and National Socialists often adopted many aspects of monarchism in their forms of government. I find many similarities between how high the German people felt about Hitler to the way they felt about the Kaiser.
The way Hitler's name and title of Fuhrer was always invoked to add authority is not entirely different to how it was done for a King in a Monarchy. The slogan "For Fuhrer and Fatherland" is really a NS adoptation of the Monarchist slogan "For King and Country". The level of ritualism and ceremonies under both regimes is very much in vogue with the spirit of the Monarchies. And of course the SS was very much the NS version of the Royal/Imperial Guard, as Himmler often compared his men to.
So I believe that even if a monarchy cannot be created per se, like the NS and Fascists we must adopt many aspects of the Monarchy system and apply to our modern forms of government.