If only! In America, there's a culture of 'fun protesting' where you wave signs about things you don't know about. Like your parents did in the 60's, but now just for a lark.
When we are talking about "best way" to do something, we probably imply a (rational or not quite) agent making decisions, not the government as a whole. A monarch is without a doubt such an agent. Does abdication[1] count as stopping doing things?