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> Feudalism is formed by birth right privileges, excluding peasants or merit Lots of systems have that property, including many democracies (the UK political s
by roenxi 1y ago
> Feudalism is formed by birth right privileges, excluding peasants or merit
Lots of systems have that property, including many democracies (the UK political system, for example, is quite democratic yet embraces birthright privilege excluding peasants). It doesn't characterise or get to the important parts of feudalism.
- throwawayqqq11 1y agounless you make that privilege about a universal resource like money, which can be translated to political power. You are right, many societies have that feudalism-like problem (social mobility), when you look at it that way, even without a royal family. https://www.wired.com/story/yanis-varoufakis-technofeudalism-interview/ https://www.wired.com/story/yanis-varoufakis-technofeudalism...