Toward Ecosophy

That's basically what Vico says. Having a monarch take over the business of politics, and take it out of the hands of the political class, is hugely popular once the political class becomes (a) hopelessly dysfunctional and (b) just as hopelessly committed to interfering in the private lives of citizens. Prime Minister Turducken, as another commenter helpfully called him, is a poster child for both of those mistakes, so...