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I'm not exactly sure what you're saying, but it sounds like you're saying the modern welfare state is feudalism.
by merpnderp 8y ago
I'm not exactly sure what you're saying, but it sounds like you're saying the modern welfare state is feudalism.
- andrewla 8y agoI think comparing anything in this conversation to feudalism is an empty rhetorical device. A metaphor or analogy can be useful when it motivates a proposed solution or underlying cause, but in this case it's being used as a vacuous claim in order to create a sense of guilt by association -- "hey, this thing is like feudalism, and therefore bad, because feudalism is bad".