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dj_spanmaster t1_iqw7kpj wrote

Reply to comment by Captain__Spiff in TIL Queen Sophie of the Netherlands’ marriage with King William was so turbulent that when she died, she was buried in her wedding dress because she viewed her life ended on the day she got married. by AsianInvasian93

Actually, this is a great point, one that I needed to read up on. As I've read, the aristocracy can essentially be understood as a wealthy and politically controlling class. Generationally speaking, they tried to keep that wealth and power within a family.

Thing is, I can find little effective difference for how that is currently applied in the the form of capitalism where I live (the USA). Capitalists use their wealth to influence politicians, wielding the political power indirectly instead of directly. They retain their wealth in the family as much as possible, having removed most generational taxes, and primarily marrying within their class (sought citation, found a lot of general expression without firm numbers). That the power is now indirect is decreasing in meaningfulness, as many bills are written by capitalists and passed on verbatim by politicians and lobbying has great sway on them.

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gilly_90 t1_iqxn7u8 wrote

Is this a satire account of how people think 'progressives' are? None of this makes sense.

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dj_spanmaster t1_iqxoarz wrote

Nope, just a person trying to make sense of the world, with apparently drastic misunderstandings of concepts. From what I can tell the distinction between progressives and neoliberals as they currently exist in the US is along those lines. It's the thorough misapplication to historical contexts that is incorrect. As I mentioned in other comments, history hasn't ever been my strong suit. I'm still deprogramming such "facts" as Noah's flood happening because of reservoirs that were stored under our tectonic plates, the Earth being 6000 years old, and humans walking with dinosaurs within that time. As much work as it is to learn anew, it's double work to unlearn.

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radio_allah t1_iqxzcn4 wrote

I love how you felt you needed to specify (USA) as where you live, as though it's not already plenty apparent from the uncalled-for comparison to your personal politics, the arbitrary understanding of 'liberals' and 'capitalism', among other things.

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