(Not clear that Filmer had any argument other than Locke’s theory of government

(Not clear that Filmer had any argument other than Locke’s theory of government never existed. (and subsequently hasn’t done very well vs monarchies really). But it’s possible to for the monarchsts, federalists, and libertarians to all be wrong at the same time. Economists have studied why monarchies need cabinets and parliaments as the scope of the polity increases. However, the monarchy needn’t anything other than to be unlimted by the law in the restoration of the law.)