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So you're saying the aristocracy were the pets of their slaves and serfs? Got it, thank you for adding to the debate.
by m12k 6y ago
So you're saying the aristocracy were the pets of their slaves and serfs? Got it, thank you for adding to the debate.
- tengbretson 6y ago> So you're saying... > Got it, thank you for adding to the debate. How about don't be such a dick?
- stale2002 6y agoYou aren't addressing his main point. The point is that the aristocracy did not engage in "work" as many would define it, but seemed to be pretty happy about that. It worked for them. Why not for others?
- m12k 6y agoHey, there's no need to resort to name calling. You didn't address my main point, but instead just put up a strawman argument by equating the autonomy of not needing to work with the massive lack of autonomy that comes from being someone's pet, a perspective that my comment had already given a counterexample of with the aristocracy. So yes, I called out your comment for being a one-line, low effort, strawman argument, that didn't actually add to the debate by 1) actually addressing any of the points raised or 2) seriously making and backing up any points of its own. If you have something substantive to add, or any actual counterarguments, I'd genuinely love to hear them.