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.
100% now, I’m an average person and so many average people I know live a far better life than most kings 500 years ago.
they can travel around the globe at whim, enjoy different cultures, learn just about any subject without restriction and don’t have any responsibilities they don’t choose to carry.
Monarchs 500 years ago could also travel at whim, enjoy different cultures, and learn about any subject available to them without restriction. And the great thing about a divine mandate is that monarchs didn’t have to do a single damn thing they didn’t want to and could still keep their power.
monarchs were limited by duties, responsibilities and mandates to such an extent they could not travel at whim.
those that did travel had to trade months of their life prone in a gilded cage of a carriage or ship to travel a distance i, an averageman, can reach in hours at an insignificant fraction of the cost and risk.
monarchs similarly could not learn about most subjects and cultures because the knowledge and expertise was simply unavailable. information traveled at the pace of “we can learn about that when we can gather resources to launch a 5-year expedition and perhaps return with the answer eventually but maybe not”.
now, all available human knowledge is floating in the aether, constantly updating and instantly available at our fingertips.
divine mandates come with an unrelenting burden of responsibilities.
historically, those who shirked their responsibilities were likely to be dethroned or decapitated.
also, new reason: bidets.
life now is miraculous compared to the dreams of an aged king.
