Isn't that the very purpose of state, to protect the ruling class? I am ambivalent on merits of state.
Depends on 'good' - whether good to common folk (most Indian kings were), or wise and strong enuf to defeat inv
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Then ponder the paradox of Louis during French Rev being the LENIENT, 'liberal' one relative to older.
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It's no paradox at all - for the same destructive forces should have been crushed with an iron heel.
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If a dynasty's time to perish has come, it cannot be delayed for too long. Mughals perished even after all
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Cyclical view is one then, surely this cannot be held against the form of monarchy at all but merely dynasty
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Of course, I'm not against monarchy per se. But if it is simply restored without corrective measures, then
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same old processes will unravel it.
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Yes so now we get to the crux of the problem - the monarchs used Protestantism to defeat church to secure power
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This memeplex then went out of control, and unravelled the Throne itself.
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