Geeks for Monarchy

[Wolf Frankula]

8. A CEO Business Monarchy is the Worst of Both Worlds

An old style hereditary monarch had some honor. There were some things that they WOULD not do, even for power. There is NOTHING a business Tycoon will not do for money, save go to jail. And real kings tend to be more solicitous to the needs of their people, if only to keep their heads on their shoulders, and keep the kingdom strong.

Can you imagine Napoleon, or Friedrich der Grosse, or Louis XIV, or even Little Willy the Second agreeing with "If we outsource our steel manufacturing across the world, so we can halve wages, the stock price next quarter will be fifty cents higher than this quarter, and that's five cents higher than the target set by the Wall Street Analysts."

They would ask, "Then how can our people support themselves and pay taxes, with no jobs? How does that make our nation stronger? Does that not make us weaker?"

And a theocracy? In a country as religiously diverse as this one, that's asking for a religious war that would make the Thirty Years War look like an afternoon musicale.

Wolf