# Democracy - The God That Failed [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]]'s 2001 case that democracy is *inferior to monarchy*: a king owns the country and husbands its capital; democratic caretakers loot it on short time horizons. Includes the covenant-community passages whose "physical removal" line became an alt-right meme. A key bridge text from [[Libertarianism]] to [[Neoreaction]]. > [!info] Stub — created 2026-06-06 as a link target for the elite-theory cluster buildout. Expand.