/lit/ - Literature

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>Aristotle - Categorised democracy as a degeneration of politics and his "republic" was more akin to a senate controlled by an oligarchical group
>The Prince?
>Montesquieu - Said that the best government would be a constitutional monarchy based on honor-bound groups and power struggles, partially shared Aristotle's thought
>Hegel - Prussian propaganda

I mean, I know that this is just that pol infographic but when you read those recs you can easily see that they aren't really that favourable to republicanism.
Also:
>Thomas, "gets incarcerated and nearly decapitated by the enlightened french Government because of not being revolutionary enough", Paine