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> I think our current situation of extremely disproportional wealth is a new phenomenon Isn’t it more an old phenomenon coming back? All over Europe you had th
by Max-q 4y ago
> I think our current situation of extremely disproportional wealth is a new phenomenon
Isn’t it more an old phenomenon coming back? All over Europe you had the kings, which were very rich, under them a rich upper class with big houses and staff, tradesmen as the middle class and peasants doing all the work living in extreme poverty.
- eru 4y ago> [...] tradesmen as the middle class and peasants doing all the work living in extreme poverty. That's a weird view. (Urban) tradesmen were sort-of next to peasants, not above them. And many parts of Europe had quite wealthy peasants during many periods.