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Build_the_Narwhal 2 points ago +2 / -0

And oppression.

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HeavyHebrew 3 points ago +3 / -0

the poorest American kids live at a standard today that would have made medieval king's green with envy

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Build_the_Narwhal 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes, but only the unluckiest of Kings had his enemies filling his ears with bullshit for six to eight hours a day.

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HeavyHebrew 1 point ago +1 / -0

We must have read different histories. Two of the greatest impediments to rulers back then were sycophants and unscrupulous ministers. The greatest dangers were not foreign invaders, but restless feudal lords on your own team.

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Build_the_Narwhal 2 points ago +2 / -0

I guess things haven't changed, then. What was the remedy in those days?