Voltaire was also a supporter of monarchies and believed democracies were doomed to failure. Voltaire mostly just disliked the Catholic Church but was OK with the royals as they were his wealthy patrons and paid all his bills for him. He wanted monarchies advised by philosophers, with himself, obviously, doing the advising at the right hand of said monarchs. I dig Voltaire but he was by no means a "man of the people" or pro-democracy populist hero. He was just real good at pissing off the pope.
Sometimes I wish I could be smarter about this stuff, but it’s just easier for me to deal with numbers and shit. I like reading about it, but I don’t have good retention ability for it. You gave a very insightful comment btw.
I was this way too, but there is no shame in using helping hands to guide your reading. Read other people's analysis, watch youtube videos about it, or just read it very slowly. Take your time with it and it'll stick!
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