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Anonymous asked in Society & CultureRoyalty · 2 years ago

Are countries that have a monarchy backwards countries.?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago
    Favourite answer

    Yes, England, Saudi Arabi, Thai land etc, all backwards.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I hardly call Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan backwards.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    As long as there is poverty in countries which have a monarchy, the people are backwards because they haven't got their priorities right, and except getting ripped off on a regular basis.

  • TSK
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Yes in terms of LACK of DEMOCRACY...www.republic.org.uk

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Define "backward"

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    by and large...

    the ones where the royals have real power are backwards

    the ones where the royals only have a ceremonial function are not

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    They are antiquated backward-looking countries. They pine for a long-ago past and idolise royalty that no longer serves a valid purpose.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    The U.K, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and more, so, SO backward! One day they will move out of their caves and into mud huts with all mod cons. Who knows, maybe one day, one of them will invent the wheel.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Oh, yes, the Scandinavian countries and Japan are extremely backward.

    Funny that lists of countries with the best quality of life regularly include several monarchies. See below, for example:

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Yes they don't know whether they are coming or going

  • 2 years ago

    A Constitutional Monarchy, say like the UK, can be fairly civilized and produce good results. Totalitarian Monarchies rarely are (sorry Saudi Arabia, I'm looking at you).

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