How so, halfthink?

Why are monarchies superior?

Good luck kicking people out when they single handedly control the military

If I must be a slave, I would rather be privately owned than publicly owned

Easier still

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explain the point

For democracy you have to change the ideological bedrock

https://youtu.be/k12teOokSqM

I’m on your fucking side, I just want to make sure you people can raise actual points when you’re in a serious discussion

@halfthink You know any philosophers that argued for democracy?

If I tried to defend monarchy, I would say that it is a better representation of societal structures and can provide superior mechanisms for selecting a superior leader.

Hobbes

The ur-social unit is the family, with the father at the helm, making decisions for the unit and directing it.

Thomas Hobbes was very much in favor of autocratic governments

As social units grow in size, there still must remain a singular unit at the head, directing it.

This force leads the individuals which comprises the unit, but does not draw authority from it, anymore than a father draws authority from his children.

Rousseau, I think, was a fan of democracy.

Kinda

on small scales

> If I must be a slave, I would rather be privately owned than publicly owned
lmao
US citizens pay tax on global income, whether connected to US or not
the only other country that taxes the slaves globally is the Philippines, iirc

there is, indeed, a case to be made that we are publicly owned slaves

Lol

Not the muh wage slave argument

in most cases, the tax liability applies only within a geographic jurisdiction

for US and PH citizens, the liability attaches to the person

yeah, that's a problem

that is not the wage slave argument at all

i wouldnt mind being a slave as long as i got food and a place to sleep its not like thats much different from what some people have nowadays

citizen = serf