It was always an elite seeking power for itself.
In our modern world there are not that many Monarchies left, as the Age of Enlightenment and Democracy rolled in, Monarchism was abandoned in favour of Representative Democratic Republics, a system supposedly representing the will of the people, thus Monarchies are seen as old systems the people constantly rebelled against in favour of Liberty and Democracy. But were Monarchies really overthrown by people seeking freedom, or was it perhaps another culprit with other motives?
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