Quote (Hamsterbaby @ Aug 20 2023 06:20am)
I think what a lot of people do not understand is Democracy is a lot more harder to fix when it decays .
a thought provoking and great observation.
Quote (Vastet @ Aug 20 2023 07:50am)
This is true but it's also the case that the majority of time monarchy was stable was a time when social pressures were weaker and technological progress that contributed to those pressures was effectively non-existent. I don't think monarchy has really been tested in modern society. It may be that it would remain a stable option. I have no facts to say otherwise, just doubts.
monarchy is the same as dictatorship, but we had that conversation before, dictatorship in and of itself is just another form of governance. If we look at the recent conversation on the word genocide, we see how it has evolved to mean something else.
in terms of dictatorship, different words have been replaced by this word, i.e. the word has evolved in the opposite direction. i.e. genocide is now all encompassing and dictatorship is now deemed an absolute.
you could debate this aspect for days.
as an example, Russia is deemed a dictatorship and Saudi Arabia is deemed an absolute monarchy, but a democratic people would much prefer to live in Russia as its more democracy and freedoms.
This post was edited by ferdia on Aug 20 2023 01:02am