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I’m no great defender of capitalism, but feudalism did a great job at that a long time before capitalism.
by robin_reala 4y ago
I’m no great defender of capitalism, but feudalism did a great job at that a long time before capitalism.
- mr_toad 4y agoOr any system where owners of property could extract profit by employing non-owners of property. Much of the strife in the later Roman Empire was caused by large property owners exploiting slaves and depriving non land owners (including many legionaries) of a chance of making an income. Said legionaries and other plebeians supported politicians with a policy of land reforms. Not to mention the poverty of the slaves themselves.
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