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Abuse by feudal lords who essentially owned their lives as well. Where does this romantic idea of poor but free but noble peasants come from? That's not how it
by mythrwy 5y ago
Abuse by feudal lords who essentially owned their lives as well.
Where does this romantic idea of poor but free but noble peasants come from? That's not how it worked.
Capitalism has it's problems, no argument, but the potential freedom it provided was much better for the average peasant then what was going on before.
- tharne 5y ago> Where does this romantic idea of poor but free but noble peasants come from? It comes from people promoting socialism and communism. They need to lie to justify an oppressive system that only develops through force. That's way you have talk of communist and socialist revolutions - they don't happen on their own because they require the creation of massive bureaucracies that have a monopoly on the use of violence. No one ever talks about a "capitalist revolution", because capitalism evolves organically, as free men and women voluntarily trade goods and services. Sure capitalism has plenty of issues, but thus far it's the least worst system out there.