with a mental handicap

Probably not far from it though

well the pattern in history is that aristocracy has high turnover. Many people achieve it but few people stay royal for long, especially for generations

being a fucking NIgger

that's what Machiavelli wrote about

Confucius also

I dont really consider them Royalty

because none of them are "noble"

and none have any merit

or skills, im assuming

What is a King without a mastery in a skill? Bloodline and Inheritance doesnt cut it

I suspect that the word "noble" has changed meaning

from being naturally virtuous, to having inherited land ownership

Ideally a king would accept any challenge from a commoner

testing his skill

or might

and rightfully so

that's retarded

I think the virtuous are easily corrupted

if he did your thing the king would spend 25 hours a day beating peasants at chess instead of running his country

No he would duel like once a year because the last victim was disemboweled in front of the entire city.

Might and Intellect.

not spoiled too much by the comforts that royalty brings.

If you are going to rule with an Iron fist, you should sleep on an Iron bed.

How many monarchs embraced austerity?

I am a huge fan of vlad the impaler

His people are a huge fan of him as well

I think he was a swell guy who did nothing wrong

retards->pikes is a cheap, simple, effective and psychologically powerful solution to many problems

Yeah he earned his right to rule.

Back when mutilating your enemies got you chicks

he got exiled like whitey in south africa and then after like 4 years the country fell apart and they came to find him in the woods and beg him to return and run the show and impale spergs again

brothers and fathers killed

father*

The golden chalice

at the centre of the city

or town well or w.e it was

Vlad the Impaler was great except that he sometimes killed his own peasants for dubious reasons

he couldn't control his bloodlust enough

Yeah well killing Turks all day takes its toll

But he was still a champion who managed to resist Orwellian mind control