DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agoBefore modern-day authoritarian regimes, did people living under abosolute monarchies criticize the monarchs? Or did they just stay silent in fear of persecution?message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1111
arrow-up1111message-squareBefore modern-day authoritarian regimes, did people living under abosolute monarchies criticize the monarchs? Or did they just stay silent in fear of persecution?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 days agoThey stayed silent in public, but until recently it wasn’t feasible for the monarch to monitor what everyone said in private. That’s what has changed.
They stayed silent in public, but until recently it wasn’t feasible for the monarch to monitor what everyone said in private. That’s what has changed.