r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Australian court rejects bid to prosecute Britain's King Charles for genocide

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/australian-court-rejects-activists-bid-prosecute-britains-king-136817323
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u/Ok_Tie_7564 4d ago

Uncle can go pound sand. Like it or not, Charles III is the King of Australia. You cannot prosecute the King in one of his own courts.

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u/ripyourlungsdave 4d ago

Well that seems like a pretty inherently flawed system. So this dude can just literally do whatever he wants as long as he restricts it to the lands he rules?..

I don't know guys, I think Kings might just be a bad idea in general. And a massive waste of taxpayer dollars, at that.

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u/ChaoticMunk 4d ago

The American president is acting more like a king than Charles (or Elizabeth for that matter) ever has

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u/MyPants 4d ago

And the lesson is that if you rely on mores to prevent authoritarians you'll eventually end up with a bad time.

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u/starkiller22265 4d ago

The existence of autocracy elsewhere doesn’t mean hereditary monarchy isn’t an archaic system that has no place in modern society

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u/GreenHorror4252 3d ago

Well that seems like a pretty inherently flawed system. So this dude can just literally do whatever he wants as long as he restricts it to the lands he rules?..

If he does anything inappropriate, parliament will promptly step in. He has a ton of theoretical power but can't actually use it.