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Farmer-Rick

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44. Feudalism had some big and powerful countries using it too, still has
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 10:10 AM
Dec 2017

But true unadulterated feudalism has largely disappeared. We haven't heard of people not being allowed to leave the farms or villages or occupations they were born into without the permission of the Lord. Lack of liberty for the serfs was a common feature of feudalism. The few kings and queens remaining are all using some form of capitalism in their economies. In fact they prefer it. It relieves them of responsibility to the serfs...not that kings or Lords were all that responsible to the poorest class of people. Religion kind of gave the powerful an out on responsibility as it does with the uber rich today.

This is what the oligarchs and kleptocrats are really afraid of. People wanting to do away with the economic system that makes them so rich and powerful. They are wedded to capitalism like a king to feudalism.

But you got to start somewhere and smaller countries are more socially flexible. So it's quite likely it starts with the little ones, or along the fringes, then it moves into the bigger, older, more calcified countries and regions. I suspect if the economic system of the US changes, I wont be alive to see it.

Sorry, I got off on a tangent. I think I will drop in on the economic forum.

wealth is poison, power is poison - put them together and, well.... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #1
Vast wealth allows them to change laws to make whatever they do legal, Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2017 #2
excellent assessment... handmade34 Nov 2017 #3
Laughable nt Dreamer Tatum Nov 2017 #4
The wealthy make the laws. How do we get around that? nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #5
Your typical Trumpophiles on the street sees this as a good thing. world wide wally Nov 2017 #6
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A system that lavishly rewards sadistic behavior moondust Nov 2017 #7
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I agree that the wealthy need to pay more, but Calculating Nov 2017 #8
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My very wealthy brother admits as much. No shame at all. Atman Nov 2017 #12
It's not enough for your brother to win gratuitous Nov 2017 #13
" He has enough money and property to survive anything the economy can throw at him" A HERETIC I AM Nov 2017 #14
"I shouldn't have to pay for anyone else" TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #16
He's said that, too. Atman Nov 2017 #19
Regarding healthcare TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #31
of course the fool ignores DonCoquixote Nov 2017 #28
Bring back the guillotines! smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #15
Don't forget the rotisseries, knives and forks n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #17
Soros, Gates, Buffet, and many others might dispute this Steven Maurer Nov 2017 #18
Their "more" comes from somewhere. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #20
There is some saying that says, BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #21
Cats must also fail ThoughtCriminal Nov 2017 #22
Hilarious! Poiuyt Nov 2017 #26
Your title is the most concise definition I have ever seen trixie2 Nov 2017 #23
The French had a nifty mechanical device to solve this problem dalton99a Nov 2017 #24
Too swift, long cures are better burrowowl Nov 2017 #36
But that is exactly how capitalism is suppose to work Farmer-Rick Nov 2017 #25
I'm perfectly ok with captalism ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #29
Well as long as you understand capitalism is designed to concentrate wealth Farmer-Rick Nov 2017 #39
The problem is that we aren't doing what's needed to save capitalism TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #34
Why save it? Farmer-Rick Nov 2017 #40
Why save it? Because we are the biggest, most powerful nation on the planet TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #43
Feudalism had some big and powerful countries using it too, still has Farmer-Rick Dec 2017 #44
Tax the poor and middle class and redistribute the wealthy to the few. ffr Nov 2017 #27
Who is "overly wealthy" ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #30
I would say anyone who makes more than 10 times the median wage TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #33
You are spot on! logosoco Nov 2017 #32
now they want ALL the pie & we might get a whiff. pansypoo53219 Nov 2017 #35
there are many people who do not fit your mold. How do you explain that? Hamlette Nov 2017 #37
The Medicis. byronius Nov 2017 #38
It is about pubnishing the people who don't vote for them. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #41
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