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Isn't it true that Queen Elizabeth is "house poor" when it comes to Buckingham Palace, and Charlie Boy is gonna sell that shit post haste when he gets his shot at the iron throne?
Completely disagree about the Middle East where Royalty still shines true and bright and has continued on.
I agree, and in the present term this is a huge boon
The problem this is all a hugely inefficient use of resources and they can't keep up this pace forever, eventually it's going to be need to be replaced by some sustainable economic activity or they're going to have a huge problem
"elite" in the US either means money or education/ expertise
in a lot of ways we look down on the scions of wealth, since we tend to see it as unearned privilege.
we, as a people, don't really culturally subscribe to the coda that seem to regarding "elitism"
you'll find some exceptions, but for the most part this is true
The British nobility are famously skint
it's practically one of the defining characteristics of the breed
turns out being a useless inbred twerp with no knowledge or skills doesn't pay the upkeep on a 17th century country mansion which is about on par with the cost of a regular three bedroom house in a decent area each and every year
He lives on as cheezburger grease in our hearts.
are you moving up from jizz mopper to seat sanitizer at the adult emporium?
They resolve most disputes that come up when beer is involved.
Current Playthroughs: Neverwinter Closed Beta|Let's Build! Sim City
Aw, I've missed you.
gonna use this
gonna use this so much
Yeah, my problem is that my stomach is really sensitive to fish. I don't want to pay a lot but it's really not a good idea for me to go cheap unless I don't mind sitting on the toilet for an hour.
I dunno, Duke William of Cambridge, my future sovereign and your rightful king, brother of Prince Harry the Dish who is touring the United States of Lustful Prince Loving States has some theoretical power
I'll have you know I am weekend manager for jizz mopping.
eh, among western social democracies they wield the most power in America
in places like most of Africa they can and sometimes do wield virtually unlimited and unchecked power, unless I'm mistaken Debeers has basically wiped out entire villages by proxy
Still be awesome to have that title when it comes time to renew your passport.
What are rotary clubs all about?
I just assume its a type of sex cult hiding behind a quaint façade.
Theoretically, Michael Bay makes movies.
If you have proof, I'd love to see it.
yeah the learning curve is redonk
like up until lvl 30 you're going to be so bewildered by the 100 champions and the mechanics and the overall strategy
I seriously think it takes a few hundred hours to get into it, which is why I dropped dota2 quickly
even if I get the overall idea of a moba, ain't nobody got time to relearn all that shit
Please tell me your understanding of what Goldman Sachs did to Greece.
This isn't me being pompous/arrogant, I wanna know if the media did a good job of explaining that one because that shit is :ar! :evil: O_o
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that he's missed you?
Correct me if I'm completely off base, but in the middle eastern countries where the monarchy has the most power, aren't the monarchy coincidentally among the richest individuals as well?
you are welcome to play with us, we've been aram-ing often lately
very few countries in europe would let you have the title in your passport. Or care about it at all.
Proof of what? Rich people having power all across the world and monarchies being increasingly meaningless?
May I present to you The World As It Was: May 16 2013.
I can think of like, Jordan and Saudi Arabia as I guess technically being accurate for your view, but honestly your point is wrong.
The monied have far more power and influence than any prancing duke might play to.
Just play ARAM, only buy the OP champs so you have a better chance of playing them.
@override267
this is remarkably hard to prove in the long-term growth regressions
like, the orthodox argument qua Maddison is that colonization was a net negative for the colonizers. it's merely that wealthy elites in colonizing nations reaped the benefits, whereas consumers and workers and soldiers of those nations paid the costs.
and if you get into "but you intervened in my politics", you encounter the uncomfortable point of countries that should have been well-set but self-destructed (Africa), or countries that plausibly benefited from Western domination (east asia), which really skew any regressions
I'm just curious... what would you accept as proof that power is where the money is in the middle east?
any time you wanna implement a Vanilla Wallet™ that allows you to store money to use against banning people and/or other terrible punishments I want to be beta tester #1. I've got a hundo waiting on you. You could donate the funds to Child's Play!
basically they hid the extent of Greece's troubles so that they could continue to borrow money that they realistically could not pay back, I have more info but not at my fingertips as I'm focusing attention between command prompts and chat and this is not conducive to research
it is sustainable
they have a ton of people, who are not in cities, who want to be in cities
Because if I don't hedge verbosely I've noticed I get short quoted and spend longer until the signal is loss for the noise. I was saying that your data is meaningless, though, so it's all good.
I mean, I know they've got old-school absolute monarchies, but the royals don't count as "the elite"
they rule the elite.
But how do the top positions in business, government and society in those countries work?
You know that big clump of plastic swirling around in the ocean? It's slowly breaking down and entering the food chain. Eating fish isn't so great.
(This is all according to my parents who get their news from Bill Marr and the daily show)
Well there goes that dream.
And then we had him be the bottom of a human pyramid.
USA! USA! USA!
if not for oil, these states would be happily irrelevant to world affairs
http://imgur.com/gallery/Xl8pjnl
Oh my god