2014-06-17
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I want to begin the episode today with a little thought experiment.
I want you to imagine that something happens to society as we currently know it.
There's a downfall of the standing government of whatever country you're currently living in.
And all of a sudden, you find out that the new system of government that's going to be erected is a monarchy.
Now, as modern citizens of democratic societies, we're supposed to be appalled by the idea of this ever happening.
I mean, we saw what happened in World War II, right?
We saw what happened categorically throughout human history.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This monarchy is never going to work.
Why even talk about it?
It doesn't matter who the monarch is.
It's destined to fail.
Well, hold on.
Let's just say that we had to for a second.