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A lot of that has to do with Singapore getting lucky enough to land an arguably benevolent dictator in Lee Kuan Yew, who died less than a decade ago.

Theoretically she has the power to do that; but considering what a complete failure her attempt to suspend Parliament back in 2019 was (a power she also theoretically had), I doubt very much her issuing an order to dissolve would pan out any differently.

Which is my point; they're just glorified celebrities with little actual power. Why any self-proclaimed monarchist would want that is beyond me, unless they're just interested in the aesthetic.

Considering the current state of Britain, I'm not sure why the Orleanists would think emulating their constitutional monarchy would constitute an improvement over the system of governance France already has. They may as well not even bother.

Oh no; he remembers. He's just in the position of having to protect his tyrannical government against potential revolutionaries who might be inspired by those words.

Not so much arrogance, as a desire to avoid repeating the same deadly mistakes we've been repeating throughout most of human history.

One could say the same thing about any attempt at constructing a system of government after a violent revolution, what with people being people. Personally, I think it could work; if it was designed and implemented properly. Of course even if it fails, at least it doesn't meet the definition of...

There's also the possibility that they may just be fed up with both systems, and decide to go with something else. Perhaps a demarchy; where all members of the government are chosen at random from amongst the citizenry.