Please don't elect Temu Trump (Pierre Poilievre) or Trump's useful idiot Doug Ford.
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
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Absolute monarchies tend to come to a very sticky end, as happened in England in the 17th century and France in the 18th.
Well, if they turn a portion of the population into true believers, deport/incarcerate/execute the CIS White remaining who oppose... Could get messy globally. The American Reich could easily be even more of a problem than Mr Niceguy Imperialist America. And that's saying something.
Unfortunately, there's never a shortage of people that will sign up to for power in exchange for a risk of dying horribly.
That's not even specific to monarchies, every autocracy runs on that principle.
Unfortunately, last time the people revolted, the gov only had muskets and heavy canons. This time around, the gov can assassinate you from high altitude with drones, missiles....and the gov forces have firepower that far exceeds what the population could fight against.
Good point. The English civil war and the French revolution both went the way they did because the 'rebels' had armies which equalled or exceeded those of the government. Same with the other regicide that comes to mind, Nicholas II of Russia in 1918. So much depends on whether the military remains loyal.
Right.... How would you fight a military that has tanks, drones, fighter jets, Apache helicopters..... The people would have what? Handguns, non auto rifles? Maybe some have converted firearms to full auto.... It's still not enough to counter the modern army. Plus you need real intricate coordination, techs to fight the cyber war...... I can't even wrap my head around how normal people could organize enough to mount a real threat.