Byzantium - The disease of Orthodox countries

[Anarcho Nihilist]

According to the French historian A. Guilhou, for many centuries, the practice of selling official positions existed in Byzantium. Representatives of the upper echelons of the bureaucracy officially purchased their positions and sought to recoup their expenses through additional fees or bribes from the population.
An unfavorable tax system. Wealthy landowners paid lower rates, while poor peasants bore a proportionately greater fiscal burden.
One example is the situation where the Byzantine nobility and the emperor himself refused to part with their wealth, even in the face of mortal danger. For instance, Emperor Constantine IX did not have the necessary funds to pay the Hungarian engineer Urban, who proposed the production of heavy firearms.
There is also a belief that Byzantium had an exaggerated passion for gold and excessive luxury.

 

[Anarcho Nihilist]

When many people say that all the problems in Russia are from the Mongols and their system, I laugh. The Mongols had a democracy, a kurultai, and an elected monarchy where the elites elected the khan. Byzantium is the real cause of all the problems in Russia and, I suspect, in many Orthodox countries.

 

[Zaraj11]

the practice of selling official positions existed in Byzantium

It's better system then voting. You have to be smart to be rich enough for that, compared to that, any moron can be elected.

There is also a belief that Byzantium had an exaggerated passion for gold and excessive luxury.

Maybe or maybe not, compared to protestants it's still nothing.

many people say that all the problems in Russia are from the Mongols and their system

Russia can't have a democracy, they have too many different ethnicities. A strong, powerful leader is needed to keep it together

 

[Anarcho Nihilist]

It's better system then voting. You have to be smart to be rich enough for that, compared to that, any moron can be elected.

You can borrow money from a moneylender and then, once you've obtained a position, use bribery and theft to repay the moneylender.

Maybe or maybe not, compared to protestants it's still nothing.

Protestantism was based on asceticism and modesty. They did not advocate stopping to sponsor the luxurious Vatican, which was morally corrupt.

Russia can't have a democracy, they have too many different ethnicities. A strong, powerful leader is needed to keep it together

I agree here

 

[Emba]

I want to buy a dookie

 

[Pikacel]

According to the French historian A. Guilhou, for many centuries, the practice of selling official positions existed in Byzantium. Representatives of the upper echelons of the bureaucracy officially purchased their positions and sought to recoup their expenses through additional fees or bribes from the population.

An unfavorable tax system. Wealthy landowners paid lower rates, while poor peasants bore a proportionately greater fiscal burden
One example is the situation where the Byzantine nobility and the emperor himself refused to part with their wealth, even in the face of mortal danger.

‘Eastern despotism’ and corrupt bureaucrats, brutal. Ming dynasty had this problem and ended up getting clapped by euros/japs

For instance, Emperor Constantine IX did not have the necessary funds to pay the Hungarian engineer Urban, who proposed the production of heavy firearms.

KEK then he made it for the Ottomans

There is also a belief that Byzantium had an exaggerated passion for gold and excessive luxury.

Eastern decadence again Lol

 

[Anarcho Nihilist]

Eastern decadence again Lol

This is probably why culturally Orthodox countries are so poor and corrupt. And the elite in these countries is obsessed with ostentatious luxury.

 

[Zaraj11]

Protestantism was based on asceticism and modesty. They did not advocate stopping to sponsor the luxurious Vatican, which was morally corrupt.

Protestantism encouraged the people to not just listen to the pries, but read the bible themselves. In catholic tradition your actions matter than your believes, you just have to do what the priest tells you to do. In contrast a protestant has to truly believe in God, it's not enough to follow the rules, he has to prove that he truly believes in God. In protestantism there is double predestination, God has already decided who goes to heaven and no one can change that.

For protestants, money is God. If you have money, it means you are favoured by God. The wealth represents the true faith.