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Is constitutional monarchy less efficient than an elected system, according to this logic?

Not inherently — the flagged issue is accountability, not the price tag. A constitutional monarch who holds ceremonial power without functional duties or removal mechanisms is what a systems-transparency check would flag, since power without an audit trail is the vulnerability, not monarchy's cost alone.

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Why AI Would Delete Royal Families, and What It Would Build Instead

A thought experiment: how a pure optimizer would score hereditary monarchy as a bug, and the meritocratic council it would ship instead.

Crashtech Editorial July 3, 2026 AI & Society

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