Monarchy vs. democracy

[evident]

i voted monarchy for the lulz. seriously, why is this even a topic?

 

[cubeless]

because they're going to try to have bo declared king so that the evil repubs can't stop all his majestic policies...

 

[cubeless]

You might give it to us, but will you let us eat it too?

if you don't eat it it will be fed to you intravenously... but you will comply...

 

[PingSpike]

When I look at our government now, and all the work they're doing it makes me totally understand how Rome went from a republic to an empire. I mean, god fucking dammit.

Anyway, a Monarchy would be a very efficient and beneficial form of government provided it was headed by a strong and wise ruler. By nature of their position they could afford to make some unpopular but necessary decisions that elected officials in practice will just never make. Elected officials put off short term pain to ignore long term problems. A monarch might just weather a grumbling populace for few years until they either forgot about the problem or his wisdom became clear. Politicians who promote such ideas will be voted out post haste and replaced corrupt and incompetent worms that spew what the stupid populace wants to hear at any given moment.

The trouble is, even when something close to one of those happens along they tend to eventually die which leaves a power vacuum that will statistically be filled by your average piece of shit. And the trouble with a total monarchy is it is a very efficient form of government! That piece of shit can then fuck things up seriously bad really fast. And since good leaders are rare, its really a net negative.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Benevolent dictatorship > *

Only problem is, there are not benevolent dictators and if there was one, he would not be one for long after he is in charge.

Going to have to defer a proper answer until after I read The Discourses.

 

[peonyu]

Lets see, in a Monarchy im forced to accept a liberal douchebag running the country but in a Democracy I can vote for which liberal douchebag id like to represent me. Not a tough choice, democracy it is.

 

[her209]

Democracy is great if you get a vote.

 

[Craig234]

Democracy is great if you get a vote and are in the majority.

Fixed.

 

[rchiu]

Democracy is great if you get a vote and are in the majority.

Fixed.

And it is still better than any alternative out there, unless you are naive/stupid enough to believe perfect world exists.

 

[Joepublic2]

I would vote for Democracy tempered with assassination, with a dash of Technocracy where appropriate (energy, communications and transportation infrastructure immediately spring to mind).

 

[Kirby]

A tyrannical dictatorship would be the best,





if you were the dictator.