They think they will be knights, men-in-arms, Earls, Counts, Barons, and etc.

Not realizing that they would be a peasant 999,999 out of 1,000,000 times.

My father's family are a bunch of monarchists. Literally confused as heck. They're like, 'At least our leaders would fight at the frontlines in war!' and stuff like that.

Btw, those ppl fled Czechoslovakia in '87, cuz my grandpa's a notorious conspiracy theorist. To this day he's pissed about the government having broken into his home afterwards and confiscating all his stuff including his conspiracy-theory-book collection. They believe my gramps can cure wounds by hovering with his hands above them..

So yeah, not the most sensible ppl in the world.

The same reason that a class conscious proletarian might still support the dictatorship of capital: ideological solidarity for whatever reason(s). It's not like material affluence is the only factor for why people are shaped the way they are.

Attention. People aren't usually monarchists because it is stupid. So this person gets people to notice them by having really stupid takes on things. If it wasn't monarchism it would be something else. This person is too edgy to be a regular gamergate Gamer type, but not edgy enough to be openly fash. So they are a "monarchist" because it makes people say "wow, that's really dumb" and it lets them "Umm acktually" all the live long day.