>The king is overthrown by a guy advocating for democracy

Violence

Always remember, the people who helped you achieve power, are not the same that will help you rule. Purge should always be in the order of business. It can be peaceful or violent, but you must get rid of people who are no longer necessary. This is true even for the most pacifistic governments. Purges are good, purges are necessary to keep any government or organization healthy.

>>55265781
Invite a foreign power to invade you, naturally.

>>55265781
A pretender with a mercenary group fucks his shit up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs

>>55265930
Said like a true commie

>>55266001

An election is a purge by another name.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/a-purge-is-a-purge-is-a-purge/

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/come-the-revolution/

>>55265781
I know you weren't specifically referring to Cromwell, but that's in no way what happened. The first thing he did was continue to rule by force of personality in no official position, still only an MP, dismissing the unworkable Rump Parliament which had lost public favour by being shit, and eventually being declared Lord Protector by Parliament under John Lambert's Instrument of Government, which did not make him anything near an unelected absolute ruler, as he was chosen and appointed by the Council of State, which was a body drawn from the elected representatives of Parliament.

Ollie boy was offered the crown on two occasions under the Humble Petitions and Advice, which he refused both times because he did not want the role of even a limited constitutional monarch, only a presiding and managerial executive.

Cromwell can be criticized for dismissing so many Parliaments, and especially for the reign of the Major Generals, but he was not the military dictator he's made out to be, and he only ever called for the dismissal of Parliaments, and for the reign of the Major Generals because Parliament, excited to extremism by Haselrig and his ultra-parliamentarians, refused to work within a constitutional framework, refusing to accept any checks on their authority.

>>55265781
>advocating for democracy
>im-fucking-plying

His son is a loser and the post-coup re-formed government invites the king-in-exile to come back and basically ignore the reign.


Does make me think though, deposed royals, pretenders, and possible claimants to thrones make for some pretty good plot hooks

>>55265781
>The king is overthrown by a guy advocating for democracy
The revolutionaries never advocated for democracy. They wanted the king to sign a constitution, which he refused to do.

>>55266001
Hes clearly quoting Rules for rulers, written by Arnold Meltsner

>>55266056
Yeah, and the Shogun never ruled Japan, he was subordinate the emperor.