10-20-2012, 04:39 PM
Quote:Well, when I said monarchy/imperial, I was really leaning more towards Roman-imperial style government with extremely strong executive and/or judicial branches, with figurehead or puppet legislative assemblies. Not a monarchy ala Old England or France.
OK thanks for the clarification, I concur.
Quote: I agree though, that the most likely cause of such an event would be economic meltdown, perhaps accompanied with or precipitated by some great war or biological catastrophe.
Any crisis, even a serious one, probably wouldn't be enough. It would have to stem from something democratic government can't deal with, like the rising national debt i.e. something the present system is responsible for.