While the idea of monarchy as a good form of government may seem ridiculous to many members of modern Western cultures, it is not as alien to Western thought as they may initially think. Arjuna's position as head of a kingdom would not necessarily, or even probably, immediately negate all the positive aspects of his personality, and if he remained as wise and enlightened as he appears to be in the Gita, he might actually do more good for his kingdom (at least during his lifetime) as another form of government like democracy could.
Plato, in his writings on government, actually favored a sort of monarchy over democracy. He thought that countries should be ruled by 'philosopher-kings' - wise, public-spirited rulers who led their lives by the dictate of reason alone. Arjuna very nearly fits this picture, albeit in a slightly more religious manner. As most consider Plato to be an incredibly significant figure in the history of Western thought, it might be worth giving the Gita's views on government a little consideration before dismissing them out of hand.
Nice point. Actually, though, Plato wrote dialogues rather than treatises, and we have no good reason to think he advocated any of the ideas his characters explore as concrete political programs. Best to say, then, that in the Republic Plato imagines what it would be like if philosophers ruled (and it's a mixed bag in the dialogue, actually).
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