Q&A: —“Hello Curt! Briefly, and simply, would you tell me the difference betwe

Q&A: —“Hello Curt! Briefly, and simply, would you tell me the difference between a dictatorship and a monarchy?”—

Great question.

A Dictator is not bound by rule of law. He exercises discretionary rule.

A Monarch in the european sense, is bound by rule of law, and exercises discretion only within the bounds of rule of law.

Most cultures other than china limit rulers to some sort of traditional boundaries or religious boundaries. But only christian monarchies were semi-bounded by whatever natural law the church and tradition were able to limit them with.

Anglo saxons were quite good at limiting the power of the monarchy, and that is the tradition that carries with us.