Message from @The Enlightened Shepherd
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Stephen and Matilda worse than William II
Some Monarchs are bad but Monarchy is always good
Yes technically, the original Romanovs can be considered the only Russian rulers of Russia, though their origins are unknown, they could be semi-Rurkids
They could be
or they could be someone picked off the street
like Menshikov
to do some job
The purpose of Monarchy is to eliminaet egalitarianism and demotism and promote aristocracy
If you have a strong aristocracy and weaponized militia even a bad one cant do too much damage you should look what happened to tyrans most of the time time they were physicaly removed by their own family members
Everything that goes wrong in the government is to be fixed and life goes on
that is not the definition of monarchy
strong monarchs do not like aristocrats with actual power
they prefer to be absolute
They would be absolute on paper
We are yet to witness an absolute monarchy where the aristocracy was not in a position to shape ideas, aesthetics, policies and life in general
Yes we have
William I
We don't need aristocrats to be clerks
Augustus
That is not their natural position
Henry VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I
Hey, Elizabeth was great
And apart from TV shows, Henry VIII was a popular ruler
Aristoracy isn't there to manage the state, though it can occupy *leading* positions in military business and politics
Aristocracy is there to be the best part of society and produce the best possible products of culture for society
But what if the King is the king as he has the biggest army and he has the biggest army as he's the King of the Peasants?
like many medieval English kings
and Roman emperors
Social stratification of society was still strong in Imperial Rome
The Roman Emperors were populares against the aristocracy
it can be easily deduced from criminal law
where noble men were still drastically more leniently punihed than lower class people
There is social stratification but the Emperor can take wealth away at will
he can put new people in those positions
though it is true that trend was moving towards more equalitarian model, where noble people were losing their status and dignity
and give them those names
As he's the head of hte post-Marian reform army
which governs all rural life
and is the rural economy
so he is basically the economic and social bastion of the 90% of the population that lives outside of the cities