Let's Stop Trying to be Kings and Queens

The term "living like a king" is so misused, outdated, and truly misleading.

The luxuries of kings, queens, emperors and even nobility from ancient times all the way to the Industrial Revolution, can't compare to the mundane things that the average person has in 2020, in North America and Western Europe.

Those kings didn't have electricity, antibiotics, vaccines, or even the level of access to food year-round that we currently have. Only a small sample had access to temperature controlled drinking water that we do.

They didn't have the easy access to scientific knowledge and information that we do. We have nearly instant access to music, art and other forms of entertainment.

So no, I prefer not to live "like a king". Just give me a couple of billion dollars, and I'm good.

And don't get me started on treating women and young girls "like princesses".