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It would be interesting if someone had a meaningful measure with which to compare corporate greed of today to the greed of feudalism, the greed of colonial empi
by fennecfoxen 6y ago
It would be interesting if someone had a meaningful measure with which to compare corporate greed of today to the greed of feudalism, the greed of colonial empires, and the like.
- pietrovismara 6y agoWell talking about Feudalism, the economy was very different back then. Money wasn't yet able to buy you everything, your birth family would matter much more. So feudal lords weren't driven by profit (profit didn't really exist as a concept as it does today) but by other values like glory, etc. Not to say that they weren't greedy, because they were indeed, but they certainly didn't think about infinite growth or perpetually finding ways to make shareholders richer, like your corporate lord would today.