I would endorse an absolute monarchy if the monarch was Tsukino Usagi. I wouldn't mind living in Tenjou Utena's principality, either. I've always thought that Leviathan had a solid point -- given a truly good monarch, it is the best, most effective form of governance. As a Christian, I'm totally OK with the Kingdom of God being an actual kingdom (though I suspect its something more quintessential). As a Lutheran, I'm a bit offended that you suggest executing Martin Luther, but hey you are far from alone, historically speaking, from that opinion.
But the rub is that choosing a truly good monarch is exceedingly hard; even the Catholic church fails more often than it succeeds. If you're looking for the accident of bloodline to do better than this, well, good luck with that. That's not to say that there aren't utilitarian advantages to having a nobility rather than letting commoners run things (exhibit A: Trump), but that there are also serious downsides to doing so (exhibit B: Caligula).
And I think that Mr. TheTwisted won't really like my choices of ideal monarch anyway, as they are all relentlessly postmodern. Yes, even God, who made everything including: faith, science, and the law.
But I'm totally OK with talking to you, partially because I love talking to all of the weird people that I meet at protests. And nothing you say will change things, because liberalism is an elder god that has continued to devour society for 500 years. I enjoy the whole essay, but you can skip down by searching for "Moldbug" if you want to get to the gist. Or the summary, which is:If you ever piss off Phèdre nó Delaunay, run and never stop running.
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But the rub is that choosing a truly good monarch is exceedingly hard; even the Catholic church fails more often than it succeeds. If you're looking for the accident of bloodline to do better than this, well, good luck with that. That's not to say that there aren't utilitarian advantages to having a nobility rather than letting commoners run things (exhibit A: Trump), but that there are also serious downsides to doing so (exhibit B: Caligula).
And I think that Mr. TheTwisted won't really like my choices of ideal monarch anyway, as they are all relentlessly postmodern. Yes, even God, who made everything including: faith, science, and the law.
But I'm totally OK with talking to you, partially because I love talking to all of the weird people that I meet at protests. And nothing you say will change things, because liberalism is an elder god that has continued to devour society for 500 years. I enjoy the whole essay, but you can skip down by searching for "Moldbug" if you want to get to the gist. Or the summary, which is:If you ever piss off Phèdre nó Delaunay, run and never stop running.
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