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The portrayal of medieval feudalism here is a bit of a caricature. Serfdom was not a universal feature of feudal societies and at many times and places peasants
by jampekka 1y ago
The portrayal of medieval feudalism here is a bit of a caricature. Serfdom was not a universal feature of feudal societies and at many times and places peasants were free to go and starve on their own. This is the dynamic of the currently developing techno-feudalism. Theoretical freedoms don't mean much if exercising them comes at heavy penalties in practice. This seems to be a huge blind spot in liberalist ideologies.
- gasull 1y agoInteresting. Do you have a link on this?
- jampekka 1y agoE.g. in feudal Norway there was no (de-jure) serfdom: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom_in_Norway https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom_in_Norway Also e.g. Finland had a manoral tenant system until the 1920's where the tenants were free to leave. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenant_farmer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenant_farmer
- whynotmaybe 1y agohttps://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundhold https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundhold