Comment Re:I don't understand (Score 1) 410
And which heritage is that? The heritage of having invented democracy, perhaps? Or the republic? Rule of law and the independent court? The heritage that settlers took with them to the colonies and which ultimately went into founding countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, etc.? Or the heritage of blathering about something you see somewhere far, far away without really knowing how it works?
How many EU countries still have monarchs?Six. Do you know which countries they are?
How many more EU countries right up until approximately 200 years ago had autocratic monarchies?How do you want me to adjust for coutries that don't exist anymore (or countries that didn't exist then)?
They have been bred for 1000 years to let other people tell them what is good for them or not.Well, given that our breeding went into the group of people nowadays called Americans, that would explain why they have naturally progressed into a society ruled from the White House with only token counterweight from the elected body and a court handpicked by the autocratic ruler to do his bidding.
Oh no, wait, that doesn't work. The ideas of republic and elected representation also come from here.