“Off with their heads.” This is the sentence that the Queen of Hearts, the incarnation of monarchical caprice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, adores pronouncing. She might be entertaining. The reality, however, is not. Throughout history, absolute rulers have brought misery upon their people and even their families. Their courts are hotbeds of sycophancy, favouritism and corruption. This is the price of arbitrary despotism.
「砍下他們的頭。」在《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)中，君主專橫任性的化身「紅桃王后」總愛宣佈這句話。她也許讓人覺得有趣，然而現實卻是嚴峻的。縱觀歷史，專制統治者總是給子民甚至自己的親屬帶來苦難。他們的宮廷是滋生阿諛奉承、任人唯親和貪汙腐敗風氣的溫牀。這是專制獨裁統治的代價。
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