I think fictional evidence isn’t terribly convincing. Note also that monarchy in the current era is constantly at risk of turning into either democracy or tyranny. “Ancient blood” hasn’t been a reliable source of legitimacy since 1789. As a result, monarchs need either elections or raw force to keep their grip. And tyranny is unstable and tends to result in great wasted effort in preventing coups and insurrections.
I think fictional evidence isn’t terribly convincing.
Indeed. Try Hans-Herman Hoppe’s Democracy: The God that Failed or Graham’s The Case Against Democracy. Neither is all that convincing that monarchy is much better than democracy, but they make a decent case that it is at least marginally better. Note that Hoppe’s book obviously started as a collection of articles, it is seriously repetitive. Both books are short and fairly easy reads.
So a great case study for the theory and practice of monarchy?
I think fictional evidence isn’t terribly convincing. Note also that monarchy in the current era is constantly at risk of turning into either democracy or tyranny. “Ancient blood” hasn’t been a reliable source of legitimacy since 1789. As a result, monarchs need either elections or raw force to keep their grip. And tyranny is unstable and tends to result in great wasted effort in preventing coups and insurrections.
Indeed. Try Hans-Herman Hoppe’s Democracy: The God that Failed or Graham’s The Case Against Democracy. Neither is all that convincing that monarchy is much better than democracy, but they make a decent case that it is at least marginally better. Note that Hoppe’s book obviously started as a collection of articles, it is seriously repetitive. Both books are short and fairly easy reads.