Even if that’s correct it only works as long as your guy is in power. Once you centralize power it’s going to get really bad for you once you inevitably lose control of the power.

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Yes, but in a non-monarchy you have a "your guy" still, he's just a party or nobility or committee. A monarchy appears more centralized than it is, a democracy appears less centralized than it is. Case in point, our "uniparty".

Agreed, I’m also curious about monarchy after reading Democracy: The God that Failed but my main point is that I don’t want to have to care who’s in power because their personal preferences shouldn’t majorly impact my life. Everyone wants to shape the world to their liking but very few want their world to be shaped to someone else’s liking. The best long term solution is to decentralize power to the individuals and guard against the myopia of centralization.

I can co-sign that I think