I struggle to see what that platitude has to do with his comment, and it is certainly possible to have more freedom under a dictatorship than a parliamentary government. (just unlikely)
I'm not putting it like that, I'm putting it as extreme situations caused by extreme negligence and/or malice can lead to need for extreme measures.
Just look at the two ends of the spectrum of El Salvador and Argentina, both of those presidents are highly regarded despite their actions given the state of their country. Sometimes the state itself is so irredeemably bad that you can't do surgery to remove the cancer so need to do open heart surgery with a sledgehammer..
The Royal Family is a part of it.
Not doubting that fact but it was an example in what measures are legally permissible people there want.
The solution to authoritarian government has never been more authoritarian government.
I struggle to see what that platitude has to do with his comment, and it is certainly possible to have more freedom under a dictatorship than a parliamentary government. (just unlikely)
I'm not putting it like that, I'm putting it as extreme situations caused by extreme negligence and/or malice can lead to need for extreme measures.
Just look at the two ends of the spectrum of El Salvador and Argentina, both of those presidents are highly regarded despite their actions given the state of their country. Sometimes the state itself is so irredeemably bad that you can't do surgery to remove the cancer so need to do open heart surgery with a sledgehammer..
You're not wrong on that end. If the brits had any stones left they'd go full 1776, but they're more cucked than NY or CA.
Or a chainsaw
The only difference between a monarchy and our managed democracy is that you know who runs the monarchy and what they're responsible for (everything).
Then they can play the part of noble traitors.