re: History: French Revolution

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No

The nobility come from the warrior caste, and have a sense of virtue and duty. It's their culture.

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Your knowledge of French history is underwhelming to say the least. in the late 18th century, there were two main classes of nobility - noblesse d' pere (nobility of the sword) and noblesse de robe (nobility of the robe). The latter class were government officials who purchased their nobility through the crown and then made annual payments to the crown to make the position hereditary - thus ensuring generational wealthy through tax revenue. Basically your standard corrupt kickback scheme. There were over 100,000 of these positions created between 1700-1789.

So, yes, a modern day U.S. official who has been in government for four decades and made millions via a flowthrough corruption scheme is akin to French nobility in the 18th century.