What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

True but I feel that the Brits are quite advanced in this area. They've got a fantastic public relations department that works tirelessly to maintain a sense of endearment to a family that has all the charisma of a house brick. Not everyone can cut funding for healthcare and simultaneously increase it for a class of super wealthy privileged idiots while keeping the tiny flags waving.

If you think about, the benevolent dictator model of governance is pretty much the best type of hierarchy. It avoids the indecision of a democracy, the corruption of oligarchy and the tyranny of autocracy.

Rare to see examples of this form, especially at large scale. One notable exception is Thailand, a country that is one of a handful that has never been colonised. The Thai people revere their king but they also have a democratic process, which occasionally comes under some corrective influence, backed by the army. It's definitely not a tyranny but it's not a democracy either.