If you think modern liberal democracies have a monopoly on political disillusionment go ahead and read some 18th century French literature to see just how much people had come to detest feudohomo, both the state and the church, by that time.
>>18482919You probably think democracy is "the least worst option"; I happen to think that about monarchy.
>>18482930Every Monarchy on Earth is a shithole to some degree, whether it's the UKs Parliamentary Monarchy or the Middle Easts Absolute Monarchies. Republics are unironically the "least worst option"
>>18482930Only if Monarchs that have skin in the game and earn their status.
>>18482930>>18482960>Least bad optionAnarchism, Anarchism is a good system for everyone both rich and poor. Unironically. There is a reason not a single state allows it to survive and treats Anarchists as worse than Communists/Fascists. Capitalists, Democracies, Fascists and Communists ally with each other when faced against Anarchism. That should tell you something.
>>18482919The fact is, if you are a winner you will be happy in any period of time. This is a fact of life. Most joy comes from the feeling of power. Sensuality alone relieves us of boredom and pain, but it doesn't actually strip away the ennui that haunts political radicals and maladjusted intellectuals.
>>18482960>Middle Easts Absolute MonarchiesSaudi and Qatar are arguably the most successful states in human history
>>18482919I don't care if the state is good for serfs. I look at the world as an aesthetic and want to see magnificent forms.
>>18482919Everyone complains about their government. But you know who fought to reinstate theirs? Athens.People only long for monarchy because republics are so terrible. Bring back democracy.
>>18483435Plato was permanently bitching about the Athenian mob right after the reinstatement.
>>18483415Serfs didn't even exist in France in the 18th century. The aristocrats were a largely outmoded relic of the medieval world, they served increasingly no function at all in the modern world. In France in particular, they were a parasite attached to the country. Their military role was obsolete, and the economy had shifted from agrarian to urban toil, meaning the vast majority of French estates in the country were no longer the core of the state's revenues, and the nobility increasingly did not even bother to administrate those estates personally. They preferred to own land in one of the major cities and simply live it up like a profligate debutante, spending and partying. And if their fortunes declined too much they simply raised taxes. Not hard to see why the "third estate" became fed up with them.
>>18483449Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the other ones.
>>18483410Their success is largely due to luck, it's not a repeatable or imitable formula for other people. Because trying to follow in their footsteps looks like this:Step 1: have your ancestral lands contain a vast quantity of the world's most essential energy resource that fuels the entire global economy.
>>18483410Check back in 20 yearsMonarchies are RNG each time you have a successionYou can get gold or absolute shit
>>18483326No because everyone can agree not having at least some form of central authority is a shitty system to have.
>>18483449And yet he remained a loyal Athenian even after Socrates' execution. No system will ever be perfect. But that was the best we've ever had.
