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| Topic | Game of Thrones Season 8: Final Topic [spoilers] |
| HeroDelTiempo17 05/21/19 12:21:26 AM #113: | Calintares posted... It's the perfect system for the nobility to use to preserve the status quo where they hold all the power. They'll have a vested interest in electing weak kings who can't do anything about the nobility. If a king has children (which is very likely to happen with anyone after Bran) then that king will try to place his children on the throne, upsetting the nobles who if they have to chose one of the dead king's children will often deliberately go for the least competent of them in order to preserve their own power. Thus the system incentivises bad kings. The Westerosi political system has been shown to already be run by the nobles (The Hand + council) who have to play damage control to the inane whims of whatever monarch is on the throne. Even if it's a worse political system, we're supposed to be rooting for the nobles so it's at the very least thematically consistent to present as a win. --- DPOblivion was far more determined than me. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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