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The nobility doesn't directly control the monopoly on violence like they did under Feudalism. However, they still make a living by owning things rather than by
by jjoonathan 3y ago
The nobility doesn't directly control the monopoly on violence like they did under Feudalism. However, they still make a living by owning things rather than by working, this still gives them crossed incentives to most commoners on a wide variety of issues, and they still exert outsized political influence in furtherance of those crossed incentives.
- true_religion 3y agoSo did the gentry, the religious institutions and the upper elements of the mercantile class including those in various guilds. However being wealthy and having soft power via your wealth doesn’t make one a noble. If a poor ”noble” isn’t still “worth” more than a rich commoner merchant in some circumstances then you don’t have a real class system.