Orders of Knighthood & Chivalry

[Mattximmer]

And so, capping the current nobility (limiting title-creep) is my favored way to hold the line of populist spirit in Talossa. Grandfather in the existing folks, and recognize that nobility without limits becomes a challenge (like the "Golden Liberty" of members of the Sejm in feudal Poland).

[Miestrâ Schivâ, UrN]

Aug 8, 2017 9:58:12 GMT -6 Mattximmer said:

Jun 24, 2016 2:47:18 GMT -6 Ián B. Anglatzarâ said:

I want to tag on with a follow-up question for the Free Democrats: Would you work to abolish the orders given the chance?

As a wannabe free-dem, here are my thoughts:

Orders are okay.

Creating new "king like" titles is not a good idea.

Examples of "king-like" titles:

Baron
Duke
Lord
etc.

Sir or Dame is okay
whereas the titles that indicate landed nobility are not.

No need to disenfranchise the current titleholders.
I am more interested in keeping title inflation in check, than in being concerned about whether or not there are too many orders.

How did I not see this question before? This isn't FreeDem policy, but I wouldn't "revoke" the feudal titles, I would just never give any more out. People in France can still call themselves the Duc d'Oleum or the Marquis de Carabas or whatever, it just doesn't mean anything. I would go back to "Për la Naziun" (with the optional title of Sir/Dame) being the highest and only title in the State, like the French Légion d'Honneur, and legislate that any other decorations and awards less than that will never carry a title (only letters after the name, like OBE).