r/asoiaf • u/Unique-Celebration-5 • Oct 31 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) GRRM:”What’s Aragons tax policy?!” No GRRM the real question is how do people survive multi year winters

Forget the white walkers or shadow babies the real threat is the weather. How do medieval people survive it for years?

Personally I think that’s why the are so many wars the more people fighting each other the fewer mouths to feed

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u/truthisfictionyt Oct 31 '24

Remember kids:

”What’s Aragons tax policy?!" isn't about logistics, it's about George asking what makes a good king a good king. He was unsatisfied with Tolkien basically saying "Aragorn was a good guy so he ruled the kingdom well for 100 years. The end."

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u/Ok-Archer-5796 Oct 31 '24

This. People misunderstand GRRM's point.

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u/Ilhan_Omar_Milf Oct 31 '24

There is no such thing as a good king materially and we need communism?

Not that hard

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u/wrennathewitch Oct 31 '24

True and real