samurai
military nobility of pre-industrial Japan
Episodes
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#5343: Class, Caste, and the Boarding PassAirlines stratify us openly while class talk stays rude. What caste, the Cagot, and sumptuary law reveal about ranking people. -
#5340: The Rise and Fall of the AristocracyAristocracy meant rule by the best—a legal class, not just wealth. Why did the word vanish into "the one percent"?