One of the advantages of reading older authors is the sensation of cognitive dissonance inspired by their taking it for granted that monarchies are superior to

One of the advantages of reading older authors is the sensation of cognitive dissonance inspired by their taking it for granted that monarchies are superior to oligarchies. You'll find a lot of this pre-1914, but also pre-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cycle_theory#:~:text=According%20to%20Polybius%2C%20who%20has,ochlocracy%2C%20oligarchy%2C%20and%20tyranny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cycle_theory#:~:text=Ac....