"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." approximately based on "Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois." ~ Denis Diderot

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

True.

And no rulers and masters is better than all of the above.

[–]mongoose 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't agree with that. Think of all the dumb people in the world. Law and order is needed, this can't be the wild west.

I think the best system is a like form of constitutional monarchy where the king will actually have power.

If you look at history, you have weak and stupid kings but also great ones once every few generations. When the king is stupid and weak, the parliament or senate takes over and protects the country from his stupidity. When the king is strong, he should take power.

The current US legislature is no more than a bunch of self serving nobles, just not in name. The president is no more than a more powerful noble. This country doesn't have hereditary kings but if it did, a strong one would just kick out the most corrupt nobles/politicians from both sides.

The current system is a balance of power between different elected officials. But the best system should be a balance of power between elected officials against one who isn't elected and doesn't have to pander to lobbyists.