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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Having elections by no means disqualifies something from being an empire. See the British Empire, for example

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

oh you mean the one that split and decolonised soon after it no longer had royal rulers and actually elected its leaders

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bro it's literally still a monarchy. The monarch just hasn't been in charge since like, 1689. The british empire absolutely functioned as a parliamentary democracy

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

No I don't, not sure what you're thinking of