User blog comment:Scrawland Scribblescratch/From Louis XIV to Palpatine: Absolute Leadership/@comment-4621372-20120918183121/@comment-1738490-20120918191857

The monarchies claim right to rule for themselves, oftenly based on many traditional stuff, such as religion (as you say), blood, election by the aristocracy, and that's the reality of most modern dictators. The north korean rulers claim right to lead for themselves, wih the only difference they claim the people as element of legitimity.