Comments on: Aristocracy and Capitalism https://www.isegoria.net/2011/12/aristocracy-and-capitalism/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Kent https://www.isegoria.net/2011/12/aristocracy-and-capitalism/comment-page-1/#comment-394181 Kent Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:56:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27393#comment-394181 The line “A society defined by consumption is indeed consumptive.” seems too clever by half. Had he chosen to focus on another crucial aspect of capitalism, he might have said “a society defined by production is indeed productive.” I would concur.

]]> By: Joseph Fouche https://www.isegoria.net/2011/12/aristocracy-and-capitalism/comment-page-1/#comment-393324 Joseph Fouche Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:05:50 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27393#comment-393324 The first revolutionaries of “contrivance” in the West were divine-right absolutists. The general governance structure of Latin Christendom was the mixed constitution of the three estates of nobility, clergy, and city-dwellers. These organic structures were clear cut on the Continent in the name of “contrivance”. The English estates escaped by just a few yards, a few lost nails, and luck. If the reintroduction of the estates system from England back onto the Continent created warped political communities, it was because its continuity had been broken by divine-right monarchs, enlightened despots, and Nabulione Buonaparte.

]]> By: Aretae https://www.isegoria.net/2011/12/aristocracy-and-capitalism/comment-page-1/#comment-393307 Aretae Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:35:19 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27393#comment-393307 Again, we’re there with English exceptionalism. I’m highly suspicious of his theory of states. England may have been the only (recognizeable to moderns) European state in 1200 AD. The rest of Europe was largely city-states, or small aggregations of city-states, not high power central monarchies. Maybe the reason that England killed their king in the Glorious revolution is that they had had a king for sufficiently longer that they knew what was broken in the institution?

On the other hand, he’s nuts on the wealth issue. Wealth buys anything. including cleanliness or time to spend on godliness. The reason Wealth is the god-metric is because you can trade it for really anything (not just pretend-anything).

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