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Less obviously, Clinton's sin is the same one reporters commit when they denounce Starr for impeding "our ability to gather information for the public"--as if the press were a separate institution with special privileges and (inevitably) obligations, the eyes of the social corpus nobly gathering information on behalf of poor, ignorant citizens.
The stubborn aristocracy and high clergy were anxious to protect their ancient privileges; a burgeoning bourgeoisie longed for reforms that would give them greater opportunity; the peasantry was no longer prepared to bear the burden of feudal extortion; and a growing urban populace of artisans groaned under intolerable hardships.
Directing national policy until his death in 1642, Richelieu reasserted the authority of his king against both the conservative Catholics who surrounded the queen mother and the Protestant forces that were fiercely defending the privileges granted them by the Edict of Nantes.
And here he is arguing against the privileges of his class, but without any radical-chic bravura--and most members of the educated elite will agree with him.
Later, when Byzantium threatened its eastern trading privileges, Venice persuaded the armies of the Fourth Crusade to attack Constantinople in 1204; conquering Byzantium strengthened its position even more.