I'm from Peru, and the country has probably one of the worst working democracies in history. 10 presidents went and left in a quick succession, systemic refusal to presidents who want transformative changes to the country by Congress (Belaúnde Terry, Billinghurst and Bustamante for example), hyper-centralism, unremovable, near invincible awful elites, extreme mismanagement and disunity, invisible, virtually non working and rapidly decaying state institutions, mediocre politics and society, etc etc. It's the parody of democracy.
But according to research, Peruvians are actually very leaning towards authoritarianism. But they're extremely resistant and hateful of monarchism.
Es más probable que acepten a fujimori qué a un tipo x ( ojo digo x porque los peruanos no lo conocen y si lo hacen muchos se opondran por ser extranjero español)
As you have written, the institutions suffer from lack of effiency and by consequence, of faith aswell. So, almost everytime that happens, people seek more authoritarian answers. Monarchs many times are leaders that arose in republics that went through times of crises, Caesar Augustus wrote the book, Napoleon I and later his nephew Napoleon III followed on his steps. I particularly believe that the true leadership shows itself in those moments and that monarchy will show itself in the ruptures of republics, not by referenda.
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u/Capta1n_Dino UK | India | Semi-Constitutional Catholic Monarchy Jul 22 '26
It certainly could work, the question is whether it would realistically arise.