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Re:The succession drama at Scholastic by georgeecollins on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:23AM (#30719207)
If a thing is heritable indefinitely it is a title in the feudal sense. If my family could control Bob's Muffler Shop for ten generations aren't we sort of the Earls of Bob's Muffler Shop?
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Re:The succession drama at Scholastic by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday March 18, 2022 @03:50AM (#30719601)
> If my family could control Bob's Muffler Shop for ten generations aren't we sort of the Earls of Bob's Muffler Shop?

I dunno, are you the Earl of your great grandfather's pocket watch, or the Duke of the Heirloom Dresser?

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Re:The succession drama at Scholastic by actually_a_dog on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:26AM (#30720086)
Owning Bob’s Muffler Shop doesn’t give you any of the privileges granted to feudal lords, though. That’s a terrible analogy.
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