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I recently fell down a wikipedia rabbit hole and found the interesting story of Archduke Wilhelm of Austria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Wilhelm_of_Austria

It was interesting to read about the diverse opinions of the different parts of the Hapsburg.

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While I don't approve the principles of royalty and nobility, the Habsburg family has a special place in my heart because Mexico executed our second emperor, Maximilian I, in the 19th century. Seems like he was a good guy, but he failed to realize how fragile his conservative support was, which he lost when he resonated with liberal ideals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico

"Unemployed landowner" is a pretty funny job status.

We have a lot of those today. We just call them Landlords.

Boo. Every landlord I ever had was retired, working full time to earn enough to buy second properties, or were a management company, so the landlord there is actually a CEO of a property management firm.

If there's somebody renting property without doing any work they're probably better characterized as a slumlord.

Last two landlords I've had were ReMax agents. Felt kinda dirty, like they were exploiting the real estate game a bit. They were in a very knowledgeable position in the market vs everyone else.

There's a lot more slumlords than you may realize. Plenty of scummy property management firms, too. I suspect they far outnumber your nice guy landlords.

Kind of depressing that the grandparent comment got people angry enough to flag it into oblivion. Leave it to HN to stand up for the big guy, I guess.

Not landed gentry?

aka. proper landlords

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