Message from @Weaboo Kempeitai
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@fuguer Fell in 1991, but by 1990, the USSR were already planning a transition to a market economy.
absolute monarchs didn't rule over more decentralized feudal societies
but being a super genius only takes you so far
there is a distinction between an absolute and a feudal monarch
despite claims, Hitler was actually very laissez faire
yeah i think the late 80s was the berlin wall and the start of the fall
it was obviously on its way out
i was in middle school then
he had an entire government apparatus which he allowed to function
You knows what I mean.
that's why we have the term 'Absolute Monarch' to distinguish
Goebbels, Goering etc
they were all in charge in their respective areas
I thought absolute monarch was opposed to a constitutional monarch.
yes
both come out of the feudal system
the aristocracy naturally lost power
@Blake4014 Tomorrow belongs to all of us my king
in a constitutional system, that power vacuum was filled by merchant power
Okay, so why didn't shit like this happen under absolute monarchy? Why do Communist dictators run things into the ground, while monarchical dynasties last for centuries?
in an absolute system, the power vacuum was filled by the Monarch himself
who no longer needed the feudal system
or its constraints
arguably it might have happened
if you look at Imperial Germany during WW1
it basically collapsed
no one really looks at it because of WW1
but analyzing actual events within Germany
it did collapse
the state collapsed
the Kingdom of France collapsed
Indeed Fenik - Oh Fatherland Fatherland show us the sign your children have waited to see! @Pine Gang 🌲
in 1789
society even collapsed, arguably
and Wilhelm II was very incompetent during the war
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in the last two years or so everything was managed by the Chancellor and the Army
Kaiser was just sort of there not exercising any power