I cannot nullify the points Poonte is making but I guess agree with Isolated more. Here are my thoughts: We, here, are generally discussing the effect of an event, as opposed to affecting the event; I am a culprit myself. In that regard, I give the King some credit, he had a firm belief on what he wanted to do and he executed it. If I were given a choice among Democracy, Maoism or an absolute monarchy; I?d chose Democracy in a heart bit. But if I was to choose among the now-expelled government, the Maoism or the King; I?d chose the King. Having said that, I find it hard to believe that the sole reason the King seized the power is because he cares for the people. No matter what the intention is, if it is any bit better than what we have been seeing for the past few hundred years, then I?d take it. But the final answer has to be a total democratic rule with competent leaders. Point is, we never had good choices, so I don?t have any complaints right now.