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Topic	i think it's dope as fuck that there's still kings and queens
Kyuubi4269 08/05/20 5:27:37 AM #20:	BUMPED2002 posted... Kings and Queens were created out of Europeans fighting one another and stealing each other's land and resources. That's how William The Conqueror took control of England in 1066. Yes an no, Kings/Queens were the ones who conquered and commanded the respect of lesser landholders. They didn't just stamp everyone down with an evil giggle, they took control, protected the interests of the people and gave the original land owners general autonomy. BUMPED2002 posted... All of those fake titlies i.e. Duke, Lord, Earl, Viscount etc were nothing more than a way for people who thought they above the commoners to exert control and hoard all the land which is what led to British people settling in what became America. No, they're people assigned by the King to control the King's territory either for their historical control or for doing some good for the kingdom. They're nobles because they're supposed to be noble, bad Lords had their land stripped from them. BUMPED2002 posted... In England at that time, if you weren't part of the aristocracy, you were considered a peasant and a nobody and the only way you could get land was if you were born into the right family. You got land by serving your Lord well. Almost everybody owned their own land and home, but they owed their Lord council tax. BUMPED2002 posted... Little known fact is that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries British aristocrats who owned large estates could no longer afford the upkeep so they came looking in America for wealthy daughters of America's wealthiest families. The tv show "Downtown Abbey" is loosely based on that. That's not little known. Aristocrats are used to living off their families' passive wealth and when that dries up they marry in to other families to expand their passive income. BUMPED2002 posted... I'd say they were pimping their daughters but that's just me. They were negotiating. The daughters were aristocratic too, they also want to marry in to wealth. If you understood how alliances work, you'd understand. BUMPED2002 posted... I am willing to bet not many Americans even know this. I'm willing to bet nobody but socialites care to know. spikethedevil posted... Pisses me off as she doesnt even have any power anymore. She does though. All votes are just a show of who the people want, she can, and has, completely ignored the electoral process and chose her own government. When the government wants to declare war they have to get permission from the Queen, when it wants to leave the EU it has to get the approval of the Queen. She has an absolute tonne of power but she chooses not to use it because the people want a democracy, not a dictatorship. She appeases her people's expressed opinions to best suit her people, going against that is just going to harm the people. --- Doctor Foxx posted... The demonizing of soy has a lot to do with xenophobic ideas. <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted [p:943010234] in i think it... [t:78890986]...</cite> <quote>BUMPED2002 posted...</cite> <quote>Kings and Queens were created out of Europeans fighting one another and stealing each other's land and resources. That's how William The Conqueror took control of England in 1066.</quote> Yes an no, Kings/Queens were the ones who conquered and commanded the respect of lesser landholders. They didn't just stamp everyone down with an evil giggle, they took control, protected the interests of the people and gave the original land owners general autonomy. BUMPED2002 posted...</cite> <quote>All of those fake titlies i.e. Duke, Lord, Earl, Viscount etc were nothing more than a way for people who thought they above the commoners to exert control and hoard all the land which is what led to British people settling in what became America.</quote> No, they're people assigned by the King to control the King's territory either for their historical control or for doing some good for the kingdom. They're nobles because they're supposed to be noble, bad Lords had their land stripped from them. BUMPED2002 posted...</cite> <quote>In England at that time, if you weren't part of the aristocracy, you were considered a peasant and a nobody and the only way you could get land was if you were born into the right family.</quote> You got land by serving your Lord well. Almost everybody owned their own land and home, but they owed their Lord council tax. BUMPED2002 posted...</cite> <quote>Little known fact is that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries British aristocrats who owned large estates could no longer afford the upkeep so they came looking in America for wealthy daughters of America's wealthiest families. The tv show "Downtown Abbey" is loosely based on that.</quote> That's not little known. Aristocrats are used to living off their families' passive wealth and when that dries up they marry in to other families to expand their passive income. BUMPED2002 posted...</cite> <quote>I'd say they were pimping their daughters but that's just me.</quote> They were negotiating. The daughters were aristocratic too, they also want to marry in to wealth. If you understood how alliances work, you'd understand. BUMPED2002 posted...</cite> <quote>I am willing to bet not many Americans even know this.</quote> I'm willing to bet nobody but socialites care to know. spikethedevil posted...</cite> <quote>Pisses me off as she doesnt even have any power anymore.</quote> She does though. All votes are just a show of who the people want, she can, and has, completely ignored the electoral process and chose her own government. When the government wants to declare war they have to get permission from the Queen, when it wants to leave the EU it has to get the approval of the Queen. She has an absolute tonne of power but she chooses not to use it because the people want a democracy, not a dictatorship. She appeases her people's expressed opinions to best suit her people, going against that is just going to harm the people. --- Doctor Foxx posted... The demonizing of soy has a lot to do with xenophobic ideas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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