Modern-day democracy has basically gone against every principle that the original revolutionaries and founding fathers have laid out when they started their revolutions in the 1700s and 1800s.
They wanted countries to be ruled not by kings who just tax the productive people and give the money to the poor and the lazy, but ruled by financially responsible people who make good economic choices and are invested in the country's economic welfare and well-being. Most democracies now are dominated by people who vote in governments that give them welfare, tax the rich, and try to solve problems with other people's money. Also, the original revolutionaries in France and America would have despised political dynasties, and yet we have them today, where many politicians come from rich families or families that have done politics for decades. Almost all our politicians are selected for us by the political class, and almost no candidate that's truly independent from their influence can win any election.
If that's the kind of government we're going to have, we might as well turn the clock back to the 1600s where we have kings descended from ruling dynasties that have ruled for centuries, kings who tax the rich and the middle class to give to the poor to keep them loyal, similar to Roman-era bread and circuses programs under the Roman Empire. At least it'd be far more honest and stable instead of having sham anonymous elections that get cheated whenever a non-establishment candidate (like Trump or Bernie Sanders) gain any traction.
At least with a king, there are no anonymous elections, we either get A) princes publicly voting on who the next king is, B) a clear line of succession for the throne, or C) a war of succession where the winner gets the crown; all are public and cannot be cheated. You either get the princes' votes fairly, inherit from your daddy, or win a war fair and square. Also, the whole nation will know who to blame when things go to hell, instead of having politicians pointing fingers at each other, kings have absolute power, so we know who to blame when things go south.
