This question is common throughout the internet, but I’d like to see Lemmy’s response.
The country you end up in would be random, you don’t get to pick.
Way too many of you think you’re the ‘average person’ in this world.
It would be interesting to experience life 500 years ago just for the difference in perspective. It would be a lot of pressure, though.
Average person today
With all the power of Rome elegabulus couldn’t purchase bottom surgery. Yet even as a middle class American I did.
The concept of absolute monarchies wasn’t really that well established 500 years ago. It was just really in it’s earliest phases. What’s usually called the age of absolutism doesn’t start till the early 17th century.
How do you define average? Cuz when you include the whole planet, that’s below most people on this website current living standards.
Average person now, hands down. I like being able to live my life knowing I’m not surrounded by people who want to kill me.
Man I wish I knew what that was like
Lmao this is what most people don’t seem to be aware of. They thought it’s all rainbows and butterflies being a monarch with an absolute power. Of course other people would try to get that seat every chance.
Also don’t forget about all the affairs, both national and international.
Live now. Because 500 years ago I would have died as a child from pneumonia that was easily treated these days
Now. Especially if I’d upgrade to a life of an average person! I have adhd and recurring clinical depression that cause all sorts of problems, and have done so for all my life. I assume the average would be not to have those, at least not together, I hope. (Edit: but on the other hand the average person would have significantly worse situation, forgot to check my privilege in that regard, so thought I’d explicitly state my acknowledgement here)
But even if I continued as myself, I would 100% choose what I have over a circa 1500 monarch. That’s not even tough a choice to make.
The only reason I can see anyone would choose the monarch life is if they enjoyed (undeserved and unwarranted) authority and power over others. I loathe the concept to begin with, so it’s really not even a choice.
Would I be dead rather than a monarch at that time? Now that one is tougher. I’d probably rather check out the world at that point of time, maybe attempt some sort of progressive rule, but I’d be dead before I can get anything meaningful done, I bet. If not by rivals desiring the crown, then just the lack of antibiotics and whatnot. And if I retain my adhd and depression, yeah, I’m fairly likely to just off myself before soon…
Edit: Continuing from the initial edit above; While I’d probably be mentally more stable and healthy, I’d probably have a lot of other problems that I would rather not deal with. So all in all, I would hope there would be an option for things to stay as they are. I am privileged, living in a privileged situation, healthy other than mentally, so I believe I have it better than any average at any point of history, and furthermore, better than even the richest monarchs back in the time. It is sad that this is the reality, but then again, I did not choose this life, and I suppose the appropriate response to being forced to it, is acknowledge the privileges and try and make the world just a little bit better with what little resources I have as an individual and a member of several social circles and hierarchies.
yes—I live a crummy individualized american lifestyle and can’t afford to rent an apartment by myself, but at least I got neat toys and don’t have to manage an entire country based on vague hand waving and hoping my generals / confidants / consultants / children don’t have plans to kill me before I sell any daughters to a rival power in hopes of assuaging that looming threat.
That being said, it would be nice if a certain orange man baby met with some renaissance justice just to drive home the point.
As a woman, I’ll stay right here, thanks.
back then, but only if I could bring all my knowledge and education I have now. Id actually take over the world
you should read Dr. Stone and quickly realize how fast you’d actually die.
Sire, how does this “Smartphone” fuction? The Royal Scientists are unable to replicate this technology.
It would probably take centuries for the vast industry around chip manufacture to arise, but even without that there’s tons of stuff that would be really useful. Like the Haber process, that turns nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia, which can be used to make more food, or to blow up people.
Having a bad/infected tooth and no modern dentistry tech is already a dealbreaker for me. Then there’s all the wars, disease, and lack of sanitation. So no thanks, I’d rather live as a normal person in the modern era.
I do not want to go where there is no anaesthetic
Well, first:
then:
No Toilets and ac is a deal breaker
AC wasn’t really necessary. It was cooler and walls were thicker. I used to live in an old stone farmhouse and when it was 40C outside it was 20C inside.
What about other way around. Wouldn’t it get too cold? They always show ot drafty and fireplaces in every room on tv.
🎼 Shit on the floor 🎶
Poop deck lol
Get schwifty
Yeah but you’d live in a castle and they stay very cool.
I dk if you are bias or subject expert.
I’ve been to plenty of castles, they’re always very cool due to the massive thick stone walls.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from history, it’s that the monarchs who didn’t constantly plot and scheme were at risk to being overthrown by their noble subjects. I hate politics; I hate incessant meetings, and being a monarch always sounds like just constant meetings, all day, every day. Everyone wants to talk to you, get something from you, scheme with you; and it they aren’t scheming with you, you really have to worry, because they’re off scheming against you.
It sounds tedious and horrible.
If you’re the emperor, don’t let them ruin your groove.
You could just invent bureaucracy lol, or do we get brain wiped in this hypothetical?
Breaucracy is worse.
Definitely now considering I wouldn’t have even made it to 10 years old before dying if it wasn’t for modern surgery. Would have probably died for unknown reasons to them and I probably would have been marked as having been possessed by some sort of evil spirit or demon if for whatever reason they cut me open and found the weird growth attached to my heart.
