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Let's apply this to feudalism: If we (the serfs) are truly creating so much more wealth for these lords than we take in salary, it should be easy (ish) to turn
by rudiger 16y ago
Let's apply this to feudalism:
If we (the serfs) are truly creating so much more wealth for these lords than we take in salary, it should be easy (ish) to turn that into more money for ourselves, even if the lords don't want us to do that.
The problem with this logic, of course, is that it's tough for a salary-worker to build a company that makes "way more cash" than they can get working for a salary.
- angelbob 16y agoIn feudalism, the downside of that approach was that if you went off on your own, armies would generally come and (at best) repossess the land or (at worst) kill you. As a programmer, you don't have quite the same issues. Where do you see the monopolized resources and/or forced prevention of exit being for us? We're not exactly medieval serfs that way, and starting a software-based company is, as pg repeatedly mentions, way cheaper than it's ever been.