Well, firstly we need to establish the difference between a right and a privilege. Many see the difference as semantic, but privileges are things your government gives you because it feels you should have them. The idea behind a right is that they are given by god (or in this case, the Twelve), and that the government cannot grant them, it can merely protect them. By that same reasoning, it cannot lawfully take them away. Â
What we know of Ul'dah suggests that it firstly, it does not have citizens. It has subjects. Citizens are all equals. Ul'dahns are subjects to their lords and their monarch. The nobles of Ul'dah appear to have rights, but the commoners likely do not. Rather, they have whatever privileges the Sultanate and the council allow them. These can, most likely, be taken away at any point. Â
If, however, Nanamo successfully reforms Ul'dah into a Republic, then this would all change. Now I personally choose to serve an oppressive theocracy, so obviously my real-world morality does not carry over into Eorzea. However, from my OOC perspective, I do believe that the people of Ul'dah have a Twelve-given right to self-governance, and that it is Nanamo's responsibility as their leader to abolish both the monarchy and all forms of nobility.
What we know of Ul'dah suggests that it firstly, it does not have citizens. It has subjects. Citizens are all equals. Ul'dahns are subjects to their lords and their monarch. The nobles of Ul'dah appear to have rights, but the commoners likely do not. Rather, they have whatever privileges the Sultanate and the council allow them. These can, most likely, be taken away at any point. Â
If, however, Nanamo successfully reforms Ul'dah into a Republic, then this would all change. Now I personally choose to serve an oppressive theocracy, so obviously my real-world morality does not carry over into Eorzea. However, from my OOC perspective, I do believe that the people of Ul'dah have a Twelve-given right to self-governance, and that it is Nanamo's responsibility as their leader to abolish both the monarchy and all forms of nobility.
