• blade_barrier@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    Considering I don’t know any democracy that laster longer than 200-300 years and there are a lot of monarchies that lasted for many hundreds or even thousands of years.

      • blade_barrier@lemmy.ml
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        11 days ago

        And how are the material conditions for the average working-class person in those monarchies?

        Looking at today’s monarchies, the conditions are about the same as in today’s democracies.

        How much autonomy did they have over their lives compared to the 200 or 300 years they would have lived under a democracy?

        The same?

        How much suffering happened under monarchy compared to democracy?

        The same average amount of suffering.

        Because if all of you are measuring is how long the ruling class can subjugate the working class, then sure I’m monarchy is better.

        It’s obviously the most important parameter. If the govt system can’t even sustain itself for long enough, then it’s not even worth considering it.

        It doesn’t mean I want to live under one

        Thanks for sharing your opinion.

          • blade_barrier@lemmy.ml
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            11 days ago

            I mean like Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, etc. By monarchies I mean all monarchies, but since you’re comparing the quality of life of today’s democracies it only makes sense to compare it to today’s monarchies.