In this Age of Kali the people want their own government,
because the kings have become corrupt. Formerly it was not
like that. The sons of kings were trained under the guidance of a
good brahmana acarya, just as the Pandavas and the Kauravas
were put under the instruction of the qualified brahmana profes-
sor Sri Dronacarya. Princes were rigidly trained in politics, econo-
mics, the military arts, ethics and morality, the sciences, and,
above all, devotional service to the Lord. Only after such good
training were the princes allowed to be enthroned. When such a
prince became king, then too he was guided by the advice of
good brahmanas. Even in the middie ages, Maharaja Candra
Gupta was guided by the learned brahmana Chanakya Pandit.

In a monarchy, one man sufficiently trained was competent
enough to conduct alone the business of the state. But in a
democracy no one is trained like a prince; instead, politicians are
voted to responsible posts of administration by diplomatic
arrangements. In place of one king or supreme executive officer,
in a democracy there are so many quasi-kings: the president, the
ministers, the deputy ministers, the secretaries, the assistant
secretaries, the private secretaries, the undersecretaries, the
PA's, and the MP’s. There are a number of parties — political,
social, and communal — and there are party whips, party whims,
and so on. But no one is well enough trained to look after the
factual interests of the governed. In a so-called democratic gov-
ernment, corruption is even more rampant than in an autocracy or
monarchy. .

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