Super fan David Plitt - Would Mr. Coulombe help to clear up my understanding of G K Chesterton's views on democracy and monarchism as political systems? In various writings, GKC is both critical and complimentary of both - if only indirectly. One GKC quote comes to mind: "I am for democracy, a democracy of the living and the dead!" Also, in various writings, he is extremely and consistently critical of the English aristocracy - which I suppose I've always taken to include his being critical of the English monarchy in general.
18 April 2024
GK Chesterton on Democracy & Monarchy
Super fan David Plitt - Would Mr. Coulombe help to clear up my understanding of G K Chesterton's views on democracy and monarchism as political systems? In various writings, GKC is both critical and complimentary of both - if only indirectly. One GKC quote comes to mind: "I am for democracy, a democracy of the living and the dead!" Also, in various writings, he is extremely and consistently critical of the English aristocracy - which I suppose I've always taken to include his being critical of the English monarchy in general.
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