> Hey look at the pope. He is the emperor of christianity. Patterned after the kingdom of heaven He basically inherited caesar’s throne. And he is a shit show. A total shit show. I'm a different guy but are we going to pretend that the holy Roman Empire was not the most prosperous and longest lasting civilization in human history? Zhou dynasty as well. The reason they were successful is because the emperors were beholden to objective religious principals. It's disingenuous to criticize the governing model when it's literally the most successful model in history.