For over 40 years now I’ve pointed out that for an ethical, morally-sound government, a monarchy is just as good as a republic because it doesn’t have enough power over ordinary people’s lives for the identity of the “rulers” to matter. In fact, for a proper, minimal government which protects the rights of individuals and enforces contracts, but stays out of most everything else, monarchy might actually be better because it consumes far fewer valuable resources and far less irreplaceable time. Also, one person is simply not capable of sticking his nose into as many other people’s business as a vaste horde of politicians is, thus better for liberty. The entire reason people care so much about how the rulers get chosen is that they are far too powerful; everyone wants to have a say in who gets to stick their noses into other peoples’ business and send unaccountable goon squads to inflict violence upon innocent people who simply want to be left alone. But if nobody gets to pry into affairs that are none of their business and unccountable goon squads are constitutionally prohibited, what damn difference does it make who gets to wear the Grand Exalted Poobah hat and spend his days dealing with tedious administrative paperwork?
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Minarchy, Monarchy
Posted in Philosophy, Tyranny, tagged ethics, politicians on January 19, 2024| 3 Comments »
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