Democracy was so repugnant to rulers because the serfs (>50% of the population) would be able to write laws taxing the lords.
It is only in recent times the desire to tax the lords has wained, but that might be changing.
Most Americans have been paying taxes in paycheck after paycheck while living some form of paycheck to paycheck life yet when they need a little help for the first in over a decade they become a “burden”. Meanwhile at the palace...