probably one of the most under-theorized aspects of the development of property relations is that in pre-modernity transfer of property title was practically an epiphenomenon of genealogy, & since modernity "natural" assumption is that they're orthogonal. that's *weird*.
NRx absolutely rejects "meritocracy" - which was a lie to begin with If you're looking for merit it's vitally important to look at a man's ancestors in combination with his "merit" because ancestry is predictive
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but "ancestry is predictive" is still a long way from "ancestry *intrinsically* matters". you're *not* saying the legitimate heir to the throne is the legitimate heir and if he happens to be a complete incompetent and all-around-embarrassment, well, tough shit, he's the king.
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no, that's probably what you still don't get. you're confusing "intrinsically" with "independently" - ancestry doesn't matter intrinsically (it matters, if at all, due to its correlates) but it does matter independently (once you set up a hereditary system, that's that)
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