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Gonna need to be a full on poly commune at this rate if prices keep going up.

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[–] TotallynotJessica 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

even when they were attacked to an idiot, a malformed hunchback, a ne'er-do-well or the bastard progeny of a mixed coupling.

The serfs probably become more fit than the nobility over time because they had far more evolutionary pressure and diversity. The bloodline rules limited the nobility more than anything. One capable person doesn't change much genetically in the grand scheme of things. Nepotism and inequality are anti-meritocratic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] TotallynotJessica 6 points 6 months ago

Royal families are just so sad and pathetic. Ultimately, everyone is worse off, even them.