a frail old nobody you've never seen and knows nothing about you.
That applies to basically every ruler on the planet, whether by election or by blood.
Generally speaking, I think a monarch has more incentive to care about not driving their nation off a cliff than a politician does. When a country goes to shit under a politician - I mean, really, really goes to shit, what happens? Usually that politician gets assassinated or exiled.
When a country goes to shit under a monarch?
The whole fucking extended family gets murdered because the solution becomes not to oust a bad leader, but to eradicate a bloodline.
Going by recent events (and not so recent ones), when an elected leader lets a country go to shit, they fleece the country for all it's worth before fleeing it with millions.
The animal-logic part of my brain wonders why the hell anyone would expect a monarch to pay taxes in the first place.
That said that's also the part of your brain that should go "fuck no" to being ruled by some old broad in a metal hat.
Ruled by anyone really, but especially a frail old nobody you've never seen and knows nothing about you.
That applies to basically every ruler on the planet, whether by election or by blood.
Generally speaking, I think a monarch has more incentive to care about not driving their nation off a cliff than a politician does. When a country goes to shit under a politician - I mean, really, really goes to shit, what happens? Usually that politician gets assassinated or exiled.
When a country goes to shit under a monarch?
The whole fucking extended family gets murdered because the solution becomes not to oust a bad leader, but to eradicate a bloodline.
Going by recent events (and not so recent ones), when an elected leader lets a country go to shit, they fleece the country for all it's worth before fleeing it with millions.