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<blockquote data-quote="EndsExpect" data-source="post: 1185158" data-attributes="member: 11482">If the King is bad then you must have a strong enough faction to remove him from power.&nbsp; There will always be those who will support a bad king simply because it personally benefits them.&nbsp; Look at China.&nbsp; They have had a power sharing agreement within the ruling elite for a long time.&nbsp; Now Xi Jinping has consolidated power and will make himself the new Emperor.&nbsp; Who could dislodge him?&nbsp; The only threat would be their own military, so as long as a king takes care of his professional soldiers he can be as bad as he wants for the common people.&nbsp; Kings only have to answer to their own supporters and everyone else gets fucked.Also... I want to point out that Liberals have believed for generations that if they get a group of smart people in charge of government that those smart people will create a utopia.&nbsp; You can see this all the way back to JFK's surrounding himself with young Ivy League grads.&nbsp; This was especially apparent under Obama.&nbsp; The problem that quickly arrises is that smart technocrats and liberals in general favor ideas that are new and untested over older ideas that are proven to work.&nbsp; Therefore they run government programs that often fail or have extremely bad impacts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EndsExpect, post: 1185158, member: 11482"] If the King is bad then you must have a strong enough faction to remove him from power. There will always be those who will support a bad king simply because it personally benefits them. Look at China. They have had a power sharing agreement within the ruling elite for a long time. Now Xi Jinping has consolidated power and will make himself the new Emperor. Who could dislodge him? The only threat would be their own military, so as long as a king takes care of his professional soldiers he can be as bad as he wants for the common people. Kings only have to answer to their own supporters and everyone else gets fucked. Also... I want to point out that Liberals have believed for generations that if they get a group of smart people in charge of government that those smart people will create a utopia. You can see this all the way back to JFK's surrounding himself with young Ivy League grads. This was especially apparent under Obama. The problem that quickly arrises is that smart technocrats and liberals in general favor ideas that are new and untested over older ideas that are proven to work. Therefore they run government programs that often fail or have extremely bad impacts. [/QUOTE]

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