Bungler on Nostr: Of all the rancid scum infesting our society with their presences, perhaps the most ...

Of all the rancid scum infesting our society with their presences, perhaps the most insufferable is the aristocrat larper, the sort of man who fancies himself some kind of modern duke or baron. He's often the sort of email-job office trash whose agency doesn't even rise to that of a medieval serf, let alone a yeoman, & certainly not the sort of nobleman of lordly calibre he deludes himself into thinking he is to numb the sting of his own patheticity.

Here's what makes one an aristocrat: you have a force of fighting men sworn to obey you, who are personally loyal to you, & are willing to kill & die at your word. Also, ideally, you'd own some productive land, that tenant farmers work to give you grain, bc this way you aren't dependent on potential enemy lords to feed your fighting men. Also, you should judge disputes of men in your realm, bc you're the hecking lord, it's your job.

Now in this society it becomes immediately clear no one is an aristocrat, the closest thing are crimebosses, who can expect to say "kill that guy, fight these guys" to their henchmen & be obeyed. The rest of you rule-abiding lawcucks are perpetual suckers, but you can always rest assured in your delusions that you're a more important person than you actually are, bc the law is in the habit of protecting your delusions, while also facilitating systems that continue to drain you dry of whatever remnant of autonomy or respect or livability your life might posses.

U will wish you had loyal fighting men 2 defend u when society collapses & the cartels start killing your extended family working their way up to you, too bad you spent all your time & money on fancy suits & worthless hobbies that weren't gaining you sworn brothers in arms or the ability to kill the ppl that want to kill you.