Comment by wongarsu

Interestingly, in situations where a bad roll of the monarchy dice isn't a big deal because people can just leave, dictatorship tends to become the preferred form of government. See for example open source projects with their BDFL; if you have a bad BDFL the project gets forked with new leadership. Another example are small to medium sized businesses, where customers and employees can just go elsewhere if the CEO turns bad. Notably once a company reaches a critical size it tends to become more like a democracy, with both investors and employees demanding a seat on the table, because "just go somewhere else" becomes less of an option.