The smart ones will have their sons and daughters intermarry into the families of the guards. Whether or not their pride will allow them to actually do that is another thing. That and there is a chance the guards will probably just takeover anyways. That or a well armed raiding group will take em out.
Or at least we thought we did until we realized that our money became worthless and we couldn’t pay our guards anymore
The smart ones will have their sons and daughters intermarry into the families of the guards. Whether or not their pride will allow them to actually do that is another thing. That and there is a chance the guards will probably just takeover anyways. That or a well armed raiding group will take em out.
A better paid bunch of goons from a wealthier corporate oligarch will take them out.
Remember: you don’t have to be smart to be rich.
Helps even more to be a sociopath, which tend to have a lot of manipulation skills.
They’re still no match for a tightly knit community, which capitalism and government regulations have all but eliminated.