Monday, November 17, 2008
Louis XIV Nobility
As Nobility I do not agree with the ideas of Louis XIV he has to great of power and uses this power to his advantage, his idea of devine right monarchy does not benefit anyone but himself and the government. More power needs to be put in the hands of the wealthy, we should be able to have a political influence and say and one person, even the king, should not be able to make decisions alone.
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You are right about needing more political influence over the king. In Louis' time, there was not a system of checks and balances in place like we have in America. What he said became law and he was rarely opposed. A system of checks and balances would have been effective because the people could have shown him what consequenses his actions would have on the country. He made decisions recklessly and ended up creating a major economic crisis because of all the wars he waged.
Louis was not a very fair king to anyone, but the nobility did have it better sadly. Maybe if we had some people from all the classes advise him, like you suggested about the wealthy, then things would get so much better around the area in which he ruled.
In what I could gather, Louis XIV assigned his politians, such as Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Jules Marazin, to make decisions for him.
Hm, in my reading I found the common idea towards him to be quite revered. But you're right, he was much less popular among the nobles.
He was known to be a selfish and demanding ruler for his government. I agree that he should give more authority to the wealthier social classes but he also could have cared more for the people altogether and been more fair to everyone he ruled.
In that time Karlee, it would make sense to give more power to those with greater wealth. Today, that ideology would be prone to serious scrutiny for lack of equity. Because their form of government was an absolute monarchy, it was legal and unquestionable that social status and wealth earned greater power and representation in government and nobility. Today, regardless of wealth and other qualifiers, we are guaranteed equal participation in government and given the "same" opportunity for achieving political status. We find, however, the opportunities available vary from community to community and social class to social class, so our democracy, while ideal, is not the exact execution of the outline presented by the founding fathers or the government of Greece and Rome.
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