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Did people really commonly believe in the inevitability of the "divine right of kings"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Contemporary anticapitalist narratives sometime compare a supposed inevitability of capitalism currently for globalised societies with the supposed (religious) inevitability of monarchies before the Industrial Revolution.

How comparable are those beliefs in their respective hold on societies before and after the Industrial Revolution?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Skill issue. You also have the alternative of sharpening your guillotines.