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I've found it to be the other war around. Protests succeed, and they crown (usually conservative) authoritarians as the new king. Arab spring & Bangladesh are

• isk517 1y ago
  George Washington's single greatest feat was not making the office of the president just another way of saying 'king'.
  • achenet 1y ago
    yes, and he set a great example by doing so. Honestly, would be nice for modern day leaders to have that kind of commitment to collaborative institutions. I feel like some of them are just trying to openly accumulate power for personal gain.
  • lossolo 1y ago
    True! In fact, Augustus was the first to master that trick in Rome, he concentrated king like power in himself while carefully avoiding the title of "king" calling himself "princeps" instead.