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 monarchy seems great... if you're the monarch
i don't quite understand who anyone else would voluntarily go along in such a system of government though
like im not sure "benevolent monarchy" is a less juvenile world view than thinking anarchism would work, both are different strains of romanticism 
 People have freedom of movement. People will always have a natural organization of hierarchies. I stack sats so I can be the monarch. Or at least a noble.  
 where does this freedom of movement come from, what prevents the monarch from locking you up if you want to leave? or why would another let you in?

i dunno, but imo if you're going to be idealistic about people's behavior, anarchy and self-sovereignty seems a better tree to bark up to, at least it's based on your own responsibility 
 The monarchs that opress their people will fall in short order due to their inability to compete in a free market.