of course nopt

Monarchies will lead to Authoritarianism

The US was made by enlightenment-thinking freemasons

but the constitution isnt all that is to blame

and early enlightment thinking did some things right

Yeah it's more so the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment

You can't have monarchies without ruling with an Iron fist

Not true

The whole Enlightenment was flawed

thenwe disagree there

oh well

Where did it do good though?

I'm curious on your reasoning

I think a society that guarantees some rights of men is a good thing

The modern legal system is a good invention

not perfect but good

The modern legal system had roots in Roman law and the Inquisition courts, not the Enlightenment

freedom is a good thing in the hands of a decent people

it has its roots in british common law

Excessive freedom isn't necessarily good

of course not

freedom is nothing without brotherhood

You shouldn't have the freedom to spread liberal ideas

I don't think theres a point in supporting traditionalism, it would take a lot for those ideas to be re-implemented.

What I would argue for is a hands-off approach to governing expression, with the capacity to crack down on destructive movements

I dislike the concept of inquisition and surveilance

I would not look for windows into men's souls, you might say

Well the capacity to crack down requires an authoritarian government

yes

And of course, I'm not calling for a orwellian state. More so a monarchy with the reserved authoritarian force when necessary.

an authoritarian government that does not involve itself where it doesn't have to is ideal

also military service should be mandatory

for men

The Calvinist Republic of early America had no power to crack down on harmful things, and it never did as it evolved.

America is not ideal

I do still respect it as an effort that was good in many ways

Well yeah that's how most pre-reformation monarchies worked anywayz

*anyways

They didn't monitor everything

yeah but they had no fair courts

no enabling law for business