Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
Yes, the world has never seen a corrupt Monarch.

Oh wait, it was the other way around! The has never seen a Monarch that isn't corrupt, that was it yes....
That is because power corrupts. Monarchs were historically powerful, so they were corrupt. Democratic leaders are not immune from this. Just look at the political culture in the USA, it makes Britain look like a bastion of progressiveness and transparency.

I am by no means a stauch royalist, you may have noticed one of my favourite historical personalities is Oliver Cromwell. I am just aware that tyranny comes in many forms, and monarchs can be ideal safeguards against tyrants who may rise through the democratic system.