(p.s., Yes, I know there's a typo in it)
(p.s., Yes, I know there's a typo in it)
1. Hypothetically speaking, a benevolent monarchy is arguably the best form of rule. A “good” king/queen is a fixture of fantasy books. In reality, though, how many “good” kings were there? How long did they last, who succeeded them? Reality check says: leave it to fantasy books.
2. In science, one genius is smarter (well, duh!) and can advance science better than hundreds of “not geniuses”. In the day-to-day life decisions a few geniuses are never smarter than millions of people. Just one recent example is Alan Greenspan who was lauded for his wise stewardship of economy, and was called a genius - people reacted to his parsing of words and shades of gray. Within less than 10 years it was clear to everybody, including himself, that he made very costly mistakes.
3. Any type of western free democracy (our republic, their parliamentary, etc.) is chaotic and messy. People do value stability and predictability that capitalism, free markets and free elections do not provide. That is another reason why socialists and other Utopians keep attracting sympathizers. But as freedom has its price, absence of freedom has even higher price. While I rarely agreed with Tom Friedman, I thought better of him.