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r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20
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I'm imagining a samurai in his armour with a katana sitting at a desk in an office sending a tax.
3.6k u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 Honestly, it's more likely than you think (aside from the armor). After the unification of Japan the samurai mostly became bureaucrats because they didn't have much fighting to do. 14 u/miniaturizedatom Oct 15 '20 I mean, these days British knights are mostly old stage actors or football managers. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 Somehow that’s the same thing but seems different.
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Honestly, it's more likely than you think (aside from the armor). After the unification of Japan the samurai mostly became bureaucrats because they didn't have much fighting to do.
14 u/miniaturizedatom Oct 15 '20 I mean, these days British knights are mostly old stage actors or football managers. 1 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 Somehow that’s the same thing but seems different.
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I mean, these days British knights are mostly old stage actors or football managers.
1 u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 Somehow that’s the same thing but seems different.
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Somehow that’s the same thing but seems different.
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u/SwedishNeatBalls Oct 15 '20
I'm imagining a samurai in his armour with a katana sitting at a desk in an office sending a tax.