Counter point, from the wiki article on Charles 2 >Charles attempted to introduce religious freedom for Catholics and Protestant dissenters with his 1672 Royal

Counter point, from the wiki article on Charles 2 >Charles attempted to introduce religious freedom for Catholics and Protestant dissenters with his 1672 Royal Declaration of Indulgence, but the English Parliament forced him to withdraw it If you want examples of monarchy being worse than democracy, you certainly have plenty of examples with the 2 Charles (There wasn't a civil war for no reason), but there are plenty of examples of democracy being worse than an autocratic system