Quote from: Ian Plätschisch on May 21, 2021, 09:05:31 AMQuotetalossa rather needs vivid cultural life than vain symbols. or we're going to turn into a dusty museum. don't get me wrong, i love museums, but just as deposits of well-organised artifacts, not a place to live.People have been saying this for years, but I don't see how getting rid of the Monarchy, or putting its powers under some other body, would help at all. The problem you are diagnosing is not the fault of the Monarchy; rather, of general apathy.
I wonder about digging to the root of the general apathy. I'm spitballing here, but it's something I've been chewing over for a while. I wonder if the monarchy in its current iteration might not be the root of at least some of the apathy that we are experiencing. If people are joining for courts and kings and whatnot, then the throne needs to be a vital cultural force. If it's not, we need a way to swap out the occupant in an efficient manner.
What about Knighthoods? Peerages? If people are joining for the pomp of royalty, this is what they are joining for. When one doesn't materialize in short order, they go on their way to become the Hey-Nay-Nay of Sha-na-nah or whatever. They go to the place that gives them what they want.
I would love to see the peerage system reset itself with every new king, excepting former royal households perhaps. New Barons and dukes and knights and whatnot. Talossa is at its most active and interesting when it is in the process of inventing itself. So maybe that's what we need as a shot in the arm.
