Monarchy, and its advantages over Communism or Democracy
In a democracy, as in communism, each and every participant in the state functions is unsure of their status.
In a monarchy, the status of a noble, most especially a king, is unchallenged on a minor level, more responsible on a macro-level.
A king or queen is responsible not only for their own people, but for the well being of their children.
If a politician fails, their children are forgotten.
In life there are always people vying for status, and I would argue that much of modern society is aspectual ramifications of status anxiety.
Where do I stand?
Am I more important or powerful than this person, the last, whoever I meet?
Why even care?
This is why I would argue, the two most powerful demographics in society, ancient and modern, are either the beggars or the king, or queens.
No one in the middle has a bird’s eye view.
This is the lesson of the Buddha, in some ways.
He was a King who renounced his kingdom, in order to gain more knowledge about how to help his kingdom.
There are legends that Christ was a king too, of Odessa, only he, too, inverted the paradigm and went to live among the peasants.
Why?
I believe he did so in order to learn how to help the peasants, without the intoxications of his wealth and power clouding his mind.
A monarchy is a foundation.
A democracy is a continual, residual, purposeless demolition of foundation.
I am not saying I am a man worthy of being king, because I prefer the freedom of anonymity — I prefer to lean closer to beggar than noble.
Politician?
I’d rather die in a flea bag motel with only empty bottles to my name.
All I am saying is that a king is under a microscope more than a beggar, and much more also than any politician in Washington DC.
For this reason, a King owes so much more to his or her constituents than someone who can spend four years in congress then write a book about it, then get upstaged by their next of kin.
If a king or queen fucks it up, they’re toast.
If a politician fuck it up, they have a book deal.
