[who_would_fardels_bear]

Being of Irish descent, I imagine that on several occasions my ancestors were enslaved by Viking raiders.

Each time that happened, a farmer who could have gone on to become a landowning royal was knocked back to being a grunt slave.

If not for those durn Vikings I might be an Irish or British Lord with tens of thousands of hectares of landholdings.

Where are my reparations?

Can't I at least get a moderately sized castle? Maybe one with a moat and a drawbridge?

[ChessExpert]

“Can’t I at least get a moderately sized castle? Maybe one with a moat and a drawbridge?”

That’s what Brad Pitt did. It set him back $65M. He says that France is a good place to raise children (if you have a castle).