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Comment by lostlogin

1 day ago

> They won by default effectively due to a quirk of how UK elections work (which was less of a problem when the monarch/aristocracy was still involved to counter balance things like this, but now that that's gone the state is effectively out of control.)

I’m reading this as you saying that the system is worse now that the monarchy and aristocracy have less power. Is that correct? If so, how do these unelected groups make it better?

You have misread (in a very common way for, I believe, a very common reason.)

I said it's less democratic. That's not necessarily less bad unless you believe democracy is the ultimate measure of fitness for a state.