No dictatorships are when someone has absolute power. just look at the dictionary.
dictatorship:
absolute, imperious, or overbearing power or control.
monarchy:
supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person.
Let’s dig a little deeper into the origin of the word monarch:
“rule by one person,” late 14c., from O.Fr. monarchie , from L.L. monarchia , from Gk. monarkhia “absolute rule,” lit. “ruling of one,” from monos “alone” (see mono-) + arkhein “to rule” (see archon). Meaning “a state ruled by monarchical government” is from early 15c.
You see how words like “absolute” keep appearing in both? Do you understand why? Because all a monarchy is is a form of dictatorship, a brand, a flavor.
Oh look you went to the divine power dodge, just like all the dictators of history. A monarch’s power doesn’t come from God, it comes from the vagina he sprang from. That’s why I keep calling it venereal transfer of power, it’s all about who screwed who, just like syphilis.
I’ve used plenty of facts and logic in my posts, you just don’t like them so you pretend they don’t exist. The facts are that monarchies are dictatorships, and dictatorships aren’t freedom. Sorry the facts disagree with your illusion, but it’s not my problem. Time for you to catch up to thousands of years of recorded human history that tell us that every single non-symbolic monarchy was a dictatorship that exercised abusive rule of the people.
You see how words like “absolute” keep appearing in both? Do you understand why? Because all a monarchy is is a form of dictatorship, a brand, a flavor.
Sorry, that is sloppy logic. "Four legs" appear in the definitin do a donkey and a leopard. But donkeys are not leopards and leopards are not donkeys. The two estended definition I showed you explain the difference. The one about the Monarchy also explains that monarchy, while by definition autarchic, is not always absolute. In fact, at the time of our focus, the Middle Ages, monarchies were not absolute.
A monarch’s power doesn’t come from God
Firs,t all good things come from God. I don't know what your religion is, so I don't want to make theological points to someone possible not prepared to listen to them, but the fact remains that a king is always crowned in a public (whel, if possible, public; Frederick II cerowned himself in the abandoned Jerusalem Cathedral) religious ceremony which seeks divine sanction to his rule. You may or may not believe in the power of prayer, but understand that the concept of obedience to the will of God and to the rules of the religion that imformed the monarchy is essential to it.
I keep calling it venereal transfer of power
That intentionally childish tone makes it difficult to converse. The word you are seeking for is "hereditary".
thousands of years of recorded human history that tell us that every single non-symbolic monarchy was a dictatorship
It was always a form of autarchy. Excepting usurpers like Napoleon, it was never a dictatorship. Words mean things. Learn words, and you will prevail in arguments more often.