XPost: alt.fan.heinlein   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:37:09 -0500, Cryptoengineer wrote:   
      
   > On 2/13/2026 11:34 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Except, of course, for the nobility and the royalty. Hemophilia and   
   >> the Habsburg chin are notorious examples of the result.   
   >   
   > The notion of an elite above the law is very old, and still with us.   
      
   It’s not clear why such a thing would be considered some kind of   
   special privilege, where the usual law didn’t apply. More likely it   
   would be seen as an obligation, to avoid contaminating the royal   
   bloodline with commoner genes.   
      
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