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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 6015312" data-attributes="member: 2303">I'd say that the difference goes WAY beyond this. A modern day career politician or executive worked all their life to be where they are. A king was born to the role. A noble at court had a huge head start over a commoner, but also put in quite a bit of work or at least camaraderie/loyalty to earn a position at court and so occupies sort of a middle spot between a fantasy king and a modern CEO. Overall, these people born to power would be less energetic and driven, more neutral in their position, and identify less with the system. A modern CEO is in many ways just an extension of their organization and its owners - a noble IS the owner of his lands and a king can actually be a neutral arbiter rather than a loyal executive.At the risk of getting a bit political, I can see an advantage in the system of inheritance - people who got their post more or less by chance might be less tied down in the system, more open-minded and perhaps even wiser. They might be willing to accept the advice and help of a bunch of outsiders like our typical heroes where a modern CEO would not.Of course, they are on average a lot less competent too. If a lot of historical politicians and generals seem to be amateurish dilettantes, it is because they WERE amateurs and dilettantes - these posts were not nearly as professionalized as they are today.</blockquote>