I thought the bit at the start about the ghost of an 19th century King being disappointed that there were so many people "living off the state" as retirees was

I thought the bit at the start about the ghost of an 19th century King being disappointed that there were so many people "living off the state" as retirees was just an ironic and un-self-aware bit of intro fluff, but no... he really finished up with a call to dump democracy for authoritarian rule.