It is sad to admit it to our Western selves, but authoritarians plan across decades, democracies across electoral terms at best.
No king wants to rule over a failed state.
No king wants to rule over a failed state.
Eh. China is really the exception there, not the norm, and it's a particularly _weird_ authoritarian state. Your average authoritarian regime is pretty short-termist, and indeed they tend to self-destruct fairly quickly.
Seriously, read about the Roman emperors, or the Crusades, or, for a more modern example, how's Putin doing on setting up his country for long-term success? How's Trump doing with America?
My mistake was talking about authoritarians (i.e. tyrants) rather than monarchs (i.e. dynastic rule)