Is blud suggesting a monarchy gives people purpose.
Yes.
Somewhat. My point is that democracy (or at least secular and morally devoid democracy) creates a soulless society
What about Greece/Rome?
Idk, do you consider fucking little boys to be a spiritually rich activity? Them ancient greeks/romans loved doing that, except the Persians. But you don't seem to admire them much. Cyrus's Empire lasted for centuries, Alexander's Empire fell apart right after he died. That in itself shows who was better.
That’s like saying all pastors rape kids. Only the elite did, and still do that. Also, what are you gonna do when the monarch turns into Bloody Mary and no one can lift a finger to stop them.
They also did thet allbeit. It is not clear if in the ancient times people in lower and middle classes did that but there is evidence that the nobility fucked boys among other sexually weird stuff.
Which one? There's pre christian, christian, modern, etc. I believe that nearly everyone was morally and emotionally secure pre 21st century, because their government, society, religion, etc all promoted a healthy moral and philosophical construct (which is the basis of kindness alongside personality). In pre christian society, it was mostly the same, but there are some depictions of pederasty n stuff which is off putting, I highly doubt it applied to the general population.
That is because of capitalismerinos not democracy
There is of course. I don't deny that the people did it. The difference is, Zoroastrianism explicitly condemns it while the Ancient Romans/Greeks did not. So one regarded it as a moral failing while the other regarded it as a good thing.
Bloody Mary wasn't even that bad geg. She's portrayed in an overly bad fashion in English history due to the Protestant bias, because she was Catholic. This idea applies generally too, look up the Spanish Black Legend for example. A lot of things you take for granted in history, including the hatred towards monarchy, is just English/Dutch propaganda.
That kinda applies to all leaders, no government has ever been resistant to corruption and war.
Capitalism only has moral control if there's democracy. This is the reason why you see only two parties in america and they're always ran by millionaires... Actually, I agree with that too somewhat. Late stage capitalism eliminates private businesses near completely, it's more tolerable in poor or "third world" countries. I believe that the correct government and ideology could make capitalism less soulless, but socialism in the end is superior (in my opinion).
Alright but what is the common man to do when a monarch goes full tyrant? Which has happened many times in history.
Monarch's power was, in most cases, balanced out by the power of the church. For example in the Russian Church there's a saint who was martyred for going against Ivan the Terrible and standing up for the serfs. Monarch's power isn't unlimited. Although Russia was always an extreme case with the Emperors being too authoritarian. It worked better in Byzantium.
Tyrants aren't limited to monarchs doe, there were arguably more tyrants under other forms of power. It would be the same with any other form of government. It's either tolerable by the masses, or there will be rebellion. When I think of tyranny, I'm mainly concerned for genocide and poor resource management, starvation, etc, which usually only affects an isolated group of people, where a large scale rebellion is mostly impossible.
Yes, Henry VIII was worse and the Black Legend was mostly exaggerated, But I must say that there are truths to them. The treatment of Natives under New Spain were less than favorable. I will say that it is significantly better to that of the treatment of natives by the English.
Communism
Yeah I'm not saying the Spanish were great or anything, they did many bad things too. I just really hate the fact that people act like the Spanish were the worst colonizers when in reality I'd say they were the most humane ones, relatively speaking. The Spanish Empire was the first to give any legal rights to the natives.
