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0 pointsdeogeo7y ago0 comments

> I think it just boils down to the fact that humans sort of instinctively (or maybe culturally?) like the idea of royalty.

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The history of France right after the revolution invalidates this. Napoleon happened. And there was a restoration of the monarchy for a while.

And after the restoration of the monarchy, there was a short republic, then another autocrat, Napoleon III with the second empire.

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0 pointsdeogeo7y ago0 comments

> I think it just boils down to the fact that humans sort of instinctively (or maybe culturally?) like the idea of royalty.

The history of France right after the revolution invalidates this. Napoleon happened. And there was a restoration of the monarchy for a while.

And after the restoration of the monarchy, there was a short republic, then another autocrat, Napoleon III with the second empire.

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