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nuclearspaceheater: You actually do need noble lineage to rightfully rule, but since lineage doesn’t dilute, and given the historic sexual tendencies of people in power wrt [sic] their servants, eventually noble lineage spread wide enough that everyone had it and that’s why democracy happened.

argumate: nice adds to list of theories that irritate everybody

  • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 hours ago

    Noble lineage doesn’t exist. You are noble.

    What people refer to as noble lineage absolutely does dilute via servants. But ancient peoples’ ideas of genetic magic make you no less important than anyone else.