ive with out the third estate, but the third estate would live and flourish considerably better with out them. With few exceptions, nobles do not perform any function to society. If anything they are harmful to a successful society by sitting around carelessly and inactive, consuming a large portion of the goods they had no part in producing. If anything, the first two estates should not even be considered as an element of the nation. A nation is defined as a body of associates living under common laws and represented by the same legislative assembly. Only nobility sit on the Estates General and determine the laws in which only the third estate abides, and in
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