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It’s always weird to me that we’re living in the only time in thousands of years where we don’t have royalty in most societies. You could have been born in any
by spaceman_2020 4y ago
It’s always weird to me that we’re living in the only time in thousands of years where we don’t have royalty in most societies. You could have been born in any place in any time since human civilization started and you would likely have some form of nobility ruling over you.
- fakedang 4y agoOh, we do have royalty these days too. But think something on the lines of Serene Doges and Italian Signorias of the Renaissance era. Private citizens amassing enough wealth and power to control governments not only during their lifetimes, but the lifetimes of their children as well, not unlike Sforza in Milan or the Medicis.
- tibbydudeza 4y agoBollywood stars - sometimes the literally get away with murder.
- User23 4y agoWe still have a relatively small elite ruling over us, we just don't actually know who they are anymore. Whether or not that's progress is a matter of opinion I suppose.