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This is apparent when you account for how many Kings he enthroned and then removed within Biblical/Jewish history. I don't really see most governmental ideologies/systems as necessarily evil. Though there are obvious exceptions (ie communism/fascism). While I've kind of soured on the idea of...

What?! Nah Franco was a corrupt, opportunistic, and self-serving dictator who ruled Spain with an iron fist. Him having a son would have essentially turned Spain into a North Korea of Europe considering how the regime was becoming unpopular with the Spanish public. Him appointing his...

As much as I like the Carlists for the memes, the Carlists were pretty much dead by the end of the Spanish Civil War. They were instrumental in Franco's victory as part of his large coalition of various right wing groups against the Republicans and leftists during the Civil War. Though after...

Its honestly gotten so bad that in a crisis if the Parliament votes to drive the UK off a cliff, the Crown can do nothing but watch helplessly from the passenger seat. Intervening in the political process would be seen as "undemocratic" and tyrannical despite the fact that they are legal...

The Parliamentary Monarchy of the modern day is a vastly different beast than it was a hundred years ago. The monarch had actual power/authority in the state. Now its basically a Crowned Republic. The monarchy is a powerless figurehead unable to use its constitutional powers. The Queen now has...