ELECTIVE MONARCHY VS HERIDITARY MONARCHY by Daniel Gurpide A hereditary monarchy

ELECTIVE MONARCHY VS HERIDITARY MONARCHY

by Daniel Gurpide

A hereditary monarchy lends a certain sense of stability to a democratic people, the sense of a family. That is not so under the rule of an elective monarchy such as the American one. Besides, at moments of grave national crises a hereditary monarch, whatever his other weaknesses or shortcomings, may save an entire country from destruction (Italy, Japan).

(CD: There is no force to prevent usurpation like kinship)