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Could you elaborate? Are you implying that depopulation will spur the next economic upheaval (again)? It seems plausible, but I'm not sure if I fully understand

• seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  Yes. It’s a very common topic in European history, see https://clas.ucdenver.edu/nhdc/sites/default/files/attached-files/entry_147.pdf https://clas.ucdenver.edu/nhdc/sites/default/files/attached-... It’s a bit controversial, since there was at the same time an opposite effect in central/Eastern Europe: > The decline of serfdom in Western Europe has sometimes been attributed to the widespread plague epidemic of the Black Death, which reached Europe in 1347 and caused massive fatalities, disrupting society.[2] Conversely, serfdom grew stronger in Central and Eastern Europe, where it had previously been less common (this phenomenon was known as "second serfdom"). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom