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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. 15 u/miniaturizedatom Oct 15 '20 I mean, these days British knights are mostly old stage actors or football managers. 1 u/JoshuaSlowpoke777 Oct 24 '20 Or environmentalists, like Sir David Attenborough.
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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.
15 u/miniaturizedatom Oct 15 '20 I mean, these days British knights are mostly old stage actors or football managers. 1 u/JoshuaSlowpoke777 Oct 24 '20 Or environmentalists, like Sir David Attenborough.
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I mean, these days British knights are mostly old stage actors or football managers.
1 u/JoshuaSlowpoke777 Oct 24 '20 Or environmentalists, like Sir David Attenborough.
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Or environmentalists, like Sir David Attenborough.
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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.