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But wait, isn't that what was happening in medieval times: the church ruled over the peasants, the kings ruled over the states and everyone was happy living in
by fluxinflex 4y ago
But wait, isn't that what was happening in medieval times: the church ruled over the peasants, the kings ruled over the states and everyone was happy living in a liberal and free world - well at least they believed that.
- aww_dang 4y agohttp://bionicmosquito.blogspot.com/2013/02/decentralization-hidden-in-dark-ages.html http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.com/2013/02/decentralization-... Relatively more liberal than the Roman era and more decentralized than our current era.
- shakow 4y agoThat was the theory; in practice, the very limited communication (hard to handle fast-evolving situations when couriers from Rome to Amiens take a few weeks at best) & enforcement means (you have 100 guys with spears? We are 200 with pitchforks, come get us) led to a much more decentralized power structure than what is stereotypically understood.