Re: interesting and surprisingly thought provoking. Enjoying talking governemtal theory here
dacole Send a noteboard - 18/05/2012 06:04:18 AM
Interesting. By saying I much prefer a society that allows going up by merit I mean one that allows going from being poor to being rich. This didn't happen much in a feudal society.
Most feudal systems weren't based on wealth, they were based on military accomplishment. Valorous or talented commoners who caught the attention of their lords could be knighted, and exceptional knights could be given land, making them part of the aristocracy.
Which was pretty much the exception. Nobles were practically always born from the aristocracy.
Then again, this is largely true in many free, democratic and capitalistic countries even today. Social mobility in countries like the United Kingdom and the United States of America is nowhere near as great as people would like to think.
But it is MUCH more possible and there than in feudal societies but lets not get into a socialist/capitalist argument here (I would submit though that it is much greater in the US than it is in Britain which is still very much caught up with the idea of the nobility). I mean my parents worked to put themselves through college got good jobs and were able to move me up to the middle class. Now I have to work myself hard to stay there..but that is how it should be.
Game of Thrones 2.04 Garden of Bones: OF COURSE SHE HAS TO HAVE A JOB!
- 23/04/2012 04:14:01 PM
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Yeah, don't know where they're going with the Robb Stark love interest
- 23/04/2012 06:14:16 PM
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Fairly sure they cast Oona Chaplin as Jeyne EDIT
- 23/04/2012 07:17:18 PM
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Or they dropped the character all together, as they seem wont to do *NM*
- 23/04/2012 09:21:08 PM
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There's some confusion here.
- 23/04/2012 10:37:56 PM
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I'm guessing no.
- 23/04/2012 07:50:57 PM
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Re: I'm guessing no.
- 24/04/2012 05:23:01 AM
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It's not love for the system - it's an explanation that the system works
- 24/04/2012 02:30:58 PM
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Re: It's not love for the system - it's an explanation that the system works
- 01/05/2012 01:01:14 AM
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Oh, I agree. An aristocratic system mostly precludes equality before the law, a basic requirement
- 03/05/2012 08:29:08 PM
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interesting and surprisingly thought provoking. Enjoying talking governemtal theory here
- 09/05/2012 11:28:45 AM
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- 10/05/2012 12:09:46 AM
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Re: interesting and surprisingly thought provoking. Enjoying talking governemtal theory here
- 18/05/2012 06:04:18 AM
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Re: interesting and surprisingly thought provoking. Enjoying talking governemtal theory here
- 12/05/2012 02:02:49 AM
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Re: interesting and surprisingly thought provoking. Enjoying talking governemtal theory here
- 18/05/2012 06:08:20 AM
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Re: Game of Thrones 2.04 Garden of Bones: OF COURSE SHE HAS TO HAVE A JOB!
- 24/04/2012 05:13:02 AM
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Re: Game of Thrones 2.04 Garden of Bones: OF COURSE SHE HAS TO HAVE A JOB!
- 24/04/2012 01:19:40 PM
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Re: Game of Thrones 2.04 Garden of Bones: OF COURSE SHE HAS TO HAVE A JOB!
- 01/05/2012 01:25:44 AM
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- 03/05/2012 08:45:17 PM
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- 09/05/2012 11:35:29 AM
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Yeah I dunno what to make of that either
- 24/04/2012 09:28:48 AM
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To be fair, non-readers come away with a different experience.
- 24/04/2012 02:19:01 PM
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- 01/05/2012 01:27:09 AM
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