@MarkAsser Many years ago, there was talk of Australia becoming a republic, and one of the models proposed had a president with very little power. At the time, I thought it was a bad idea, not much different to our current arrangement of Governor General who, I thought was "Just a figurehead". Oh, I was naïve...

Later, I learned about Governor General John Kerr, and The Dismissal of Gough Whitlam. And, how that led to the undemocratic handover to Malcolm Fraser, and to many years of political Dark Ages that followed — that was the "normal" when I was a kid growing-up. John Kerr's abuse of power reshaped politics and governance in Australia for many Gen X people and all following generations.

The lesson history teaches us from political skullduggery in 1970s Australia is: you don't want a Governor General going rogue and breaking our system of Democracy.
You _do_ want your ultimate leader to be just a figurehead.
You want your nation's leaders to know their station and act accordingly, which is not to rule the people, but to serve the people.

#AusPol #JohnKerr #GoughWhitlam #MalcolmFraser #MaintainYourRage

@MarkAsser Switzerland has a rotating presidency - in that they change once every 12 months, not that they go around some large object. :) Something worth looking into.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation