[Discussion] We live better today than kings of the past

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If you're a middle-class citizen, then you have more luxury than any royalty in the past.

This is mostly thanks to advancements in science and technology.
Today the internet and our phones play a significant role in our day to day lives.

In the future, something even better will come along.
Back in the day only royalties had balconies but now almost everyone does.

Even if you become the richest person in the world, all you can buy is limited to what exist today which if history is an indication will pale in comparison to the luxuries that will become available 100-200 years from now.

Of course we live on a planet and the earth has a finite resource which means the middle class won't be able to live like Bill Gates in the future, the amount of space available to him would be impossible to provide for everyone given our resources.

So I hope this gave you some perspective.
 

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Sliced bread tho. I bet the Kings missed not having that
 

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I am a king
 

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Well which kings are you referring too because there are a lot and not all are equal in power and riches?

But still, you're comparing a king who possessed land, castles, servants, women, food, luxury, and real power to someone in the middle class of today?

Yes, we have technology, medicine, and quality food but we still don't compare to rulers of the past.
 

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Um no we aren't luxurious like the kings.
 

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i would belive in such thing if i woke up in a one king size bed or queen size bed with 20 chicks left to right and their naked.
 

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Well which kings are you referring too because there are a lot and not all are equal in power and riches?

But still, you're comparing a king who possessed land, castles, servants, women, food, luxury, and real power to someone in the middle class of today?

Yes, we have technology, medicine, and quality food but we still don't compare to rulers of the past.

I think the OP is referring to quality of life as compared to the kings and queens of old. In that respect he is correct. But if we're talking title and social status than you are spot on. Just depends on what we're talking about here.
 

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i would belive in such thing if i woke up in a one king size bed or queen size bed with 20 chicks left to right and their naked.

This^
 

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No castle, no servants, no gold, no land? Maybe we have more because of medicine, food,etc but those similarities end there.
 

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If you're a middle-class citizen, then you have more luxury than any royalty in the past.

This is mostly thanks to advancements in science and technology.
Today the internet and our phones play a significant role in our day to day lives.

In the future, something even better will come along.
Back in the day only royalties had balconies but now almost everyone does.

Even if you become the richest person in the world, all you can buy is limited to what exist today which if history is an indication will pale in comparison to the luxuries that will become available 100-200 years from now.

Of course we live on a planet and the earth has a finite resource which means the middle class won't be able to live like Bill Gates in the future, the amount of space available to him would be impossible to provide for everyone given our resources.

So I hope this gave you some perspective.

the only true luxury for any man in any time is women, and a middle class citizen of current time can only dream about having the women kings of the past used to have.
 

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Well which kings are you referring too because there are a lot and not all are equal in power and riches?

But still, you're comparing a king who possessed land, castles, servants, women, food, luxury, and real power to someone in the middle class of today?

Yes, we have technology, medicine, and quality food but we still don't compare to rulers of the past.

Quality food? Not with this actual planetary food industry. We had far better quality food in the past.
 

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Well which kings are you referring too because there are a lot and not all are equal in power and riches?

But still, you're comparing a king who possessed land, castles, servants, women, food, luxury, and real power to someone in the middle class of today?

Yes, we have technology, medicine, and quality food but we still don't compare to rulers of the past.
You may not have power over someone else but you're free to do what you want and your standard of living is far greater than any king 100 years and back. You have more and better food, women, servants and a castle are about the only things missing but I don't know if I'd enjoy ****ing a girl who I knew didn't actually want to be there and castles are too large for no reason. A castle is merely big but the quality of your house(assuming you ain't poor) is far greater than a castle would be.
the only true luxury for any man in any time is women, and a middle class citizen of current time can only dream about having the women kings of the past used to have.
Speak for yourself, there is more to life than women.
 

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When it comes to day to day things, like taking a shower, medicine, better food yes we do live better
But when it comes to social status, power, money, respect, they still are above us
 

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Also we are much less likely to be inbred than kings of past which is nice.
 

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When it comes to day to day things, like taking a shower, medicine, better food yes we do live better
But when it comes to social status, power, money, respect, they still are above us
It's quality over quantity bro, their riches mean nothing compared to you for the single fact of you living in the 21st century. You are better off than them. And what value is social status? Power brings corruption and you need to worry about 100 different mtfs, all of whom could be plotting shit. It's hard to trust people as a king. Respect? Almost no king is respected, they're just feared. There is nothing respectable about them that I see.
 

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Rulers live better than the commoners always
 
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