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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also monarchy. You guillotine a king and the monarchy instantly jumps to the next one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's probably why being a crown prince in medieval times was more hazardous than a bering strait crab fisherman running for president of the United States

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Actually it was very very safe, if you compare it with peasants or burghers with occupational hazard being very low. Well, unless you were an Ottoman prince.