Reddit mentions of Republic (Penguin Classics)

This is the core critique that most reactionary thought is based on.
Reactionary future has a good article here about exactly this issue. The solution according to reactionary thought is to replace the entire structure with a leader who uses human judgement as opposed to protocol. Most of his thought originates in Moldbug's original writings. Fundamentally it is the difference between order and chaos or the spiritual and the mundane (form and matter).

All reactionary thought (like most good Western Philosophy) is simply a restatement of Plato's Republic. So you might as well skip the modern stuff and read it directly from the greatest book ever written. This is no bad thing however as it is the truth. (I recommend this version)