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re: The Wealthy in Florence Today Are the Same Families as 600 Years Ago
Posted on 5/20/16 at 6:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 5/20/16 at 6:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
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bruh our "Founding Fathers" were mostly aristocrats from upper class, European lineage
But simply being an aristocrat didn't guarantee they would be the owners of land and resources. Wouldn't you say the aristocrats were a small minority? I would say they had a worse chance of using their aristocratic powers to set aside the lesser caste in the US than in Europe. The US had so much land to explore and take over that there was a greater opportunity to assume control by those who were simply willing to brave the journey (i.e., California gold). The aristocracy was established through the socioeconomic system of Europe, and while that may help in America, it wouldn't have lasted without assuming control of the resources.
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Posted on 5/20/16 at 6:49 pm to tiggerthetooth
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But simply being an aristocrat didn't guarantee they would be the owners of land and resources.
that is pretty much the definition of an aristocrat in the 17th and 18th centuries
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The US had so much land to explore and take over that there was a greater opportunity to assume control by those who were simply willing to brave the journey (i.e., California gold).
do you think that the primary drivers of our wealth involve acquiring land?
we drive the world's best economy with banking and tech, baw
after that we produce entertainment and culture that the world eats up
Posted on 5/20/16 at 8:21 pm to tiggerthetooth
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ut simply being an aristocrat didn't guarantee they would be the owners of land and resources
In middle age Europe? Wealth was land, land was wealth. There was actually a rule, I think in France: No land without a lord; No lord without land.
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