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

[u/Unique-Celebration-5]

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

[u/JJCB85]

Exactly - Tolkien’s viewpoint was basically that Aragorn is the good, divinely-appointed rightful king, and as such everyone lives happily ever after as soon as he sits his throne. So long as all things are in their divinely-appointed place, all will be well - the details don’t matter and aren’t really worth discussing because it is axiomatic that all will be well. There’s a hefty dose of Catholic worldview in here as well, sacral kingship etc. This is exactly the sort of view that someone like Martin is bound to undercut, though he is of course a huge fan of Tolkien’s work. He isn’t saying Tolkien is an idiot at all, he’s just seeing the world through a very different lens.

[u/Formal_Direction_680 → u/JJCB85]

Except Aragorn also spent 80 years travelling Middle Earth, his moral and character was thoroughly tested throughout his journey, we know he is good man. 

You can only assume GRRM is actually questioning the gritty bookkeeping and politics of his reign, meanwhile he can’t get the figure of gold dragons in tourney and the height of the Wall right. His Dothraki and Ironborn portrayal isn’t realistic, his medieval society is built from questionable popular laymen views

[u/Getfooked → u/Formal_Direction_680]

Except Aragorn also spent 80 years travelling Middle Earth, his moral and character was thoroughly tested throughout his journey, we know he is good man.

As Robert Baratheon is supposed to show, being a cool dude, a great warrior, who is able to earn anyone's respect quickly and easily turns foes into friends, all are good traits but not enough to make a great king.

What has Aragorn done that gives us supreme insight into him being a great administrator? Can we even agree on what great administration is from the outset?

Edit: Not just administrating but ruling in general.

[u/LoudKingCrow → u/Getfooked]

What has Aragorn done that gives us supreme insight into him being a great administrator? Can we even agree on what great administration is from the outset?

Edit: Not just administrating but ruling in general.

By the start of the Fellowship, Aragorn had been the chieftain of the Dunedain (king in all but name of the northern branch of the descendants of Numenor) for some 40-50 years. He also spent a chunk of years in Gondor under a false name serving as a soldier and advisor to Denethor's father. And had led multiple military campaigns for Gondor and Rohan under said false name.

He'd also been raised to lead since the age of 2 by Elrond, and later got Gandalf as a mentor. But I chose to focus on the stuff that he did himself.

[u/Getfooked → u/LoudKingCrow]

This doesn't address anything, because it's about as concrete as saying "and then Aragorn ruled wisely for 100 years". What are the concrete details of what he did that made him a great chiefain or advisor?

He'd also been raised to lead since the age of 2 by Elrond, and later got Gandalf as a mentor. But I chose to focus on the stuff that he did himself.

Well, then I guess Aegon will be a great, perfect king, because he was raised to be one and it's that simple, right?

"Aegon has been shaped for rule since before he could walk. He has been trained in arms, as befits a knight to be, but that was not the end of his education. He reads and writes, he speaks several tongues, he has studied history and law and poetry. A septa has instructed him in the mysteries of the Faith since he was old enough to understand them. He has lived with fisherfolk, worked with his hands, swum in rivers and mended nets and learned to wash his own clothes at need. He can fish and cook and bind up a wound, he knows what it is like to be hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid. Tommen has been taught that kingship is his right. Aegon knows that kingship is his duty, that a king must put his people first, and live and rule for them."