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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Well they did say yes once in 1215

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    To the Barons, not the plebes.

    The Magna Carta was just a reapropportioning of power amongst the elites, who had the riff-raff fight and kill each other to determine how much power the King would have and how much would the other nobles get.

    All but a handful of people were as powerless after it as they were before.

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