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Originally Posted by peter12
I really don't understand what you are talking about. There were checks and balances upon the will of the monarch. In fact, you could argue that governments have far more control over the everyday public and private lives of citizen now than they ever have.
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In feudal times? I realize there were rights charters back then, but classes of people did exist.
You're not seriously trying to assert that people actually had it better back then, are you?