Relying on birthright alone to rule often stifles progress and innovation, leading to complacency and ultimately, disaster — true leadership should be earned, not inherited.

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That is a downside of monarchy for sure. But is it worse than malincentives? Meritocratic free king would be best but I don’t know how that would work without inevitably degrading to democracy. I think that’s what acually has happened.

Monarchy seems best in small, tight-knit societies with a population of less than 1mil and shared values.

Exactly! In a free private city -type setting this would be ideal.