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England is poor because for 1000 yrs Lords set the example of "gibsmedat"
| preventive strike | 09/19/25 |
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| peeface | 09/19/25 |
| preventive strike | 09/19/25 |
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Date: September 19th, 2025 9:40 AM Author: preventive strike For 1000 years the whole point of England was not to work. The aristocracy all got their handouts from the King, and would support a new King if it meant more and better gibs. Everyone who was in a position to just wanted to jockey among each other to receive a fiefdom, the path to riches and leisure. Then they could appoint the middle men to run the estate while they collected taxes from their ppl, some to give to the king and some to keep for their own.
And they got MAF when the King wouldn't give handouts. For example in 1403 Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland tried to overthrow Henry IV after supporting him becoming King just 4 years earlier, all because Henry wouldn't give Percy enough gibs.
This still exists. Constant jockeying among people who have no careers and do nothing productive to get appointed to the House of Lords. These people mock work, and the lower classes all know it, and it shapes the whole country's work ethic. |
Date: September 19th, 2025 9:52 AM Author: Check out my wishlist! This would have been a bracing and original insight in the 18th century (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777540&forum_id=2,#49283649) |
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Date: September 19th, 2025 10:01 AM Author: peeface lazy. the House of Lords doesn't even pay a salary.
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Date: September 19th, 2025 10:05 AM Author: preventive strike The King no longer gives them an annuity, but they monetize the titles in other ways now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777540&forum_id=2,#49283664) |