They explain away their misery by giving their power away to the (land)Lords. Because “hey! At least we get to eat these measly potatoes. The peasants have to beg. Plus, they’re outsiders!”
If the culture wars are going to be fought, it's about time the other side entered them and delineated who is the opposition ... (definition still a work in progress - feel free to collaborate so that an inclusive outcome is achieved 👍)
Except that usually, peasants never saw a gold coin. Gold currency was like being a millionaire by today's standard, usually only aristocracy had "gold". Silver if they were really lucky or tenacious, commonly copper or other cheap metal coinage when they weren't simply bartering.
peasants had it good until the Black Death. Post plague there was automation via windmills and other technology and it turned most of their work into a commodity
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This just isn't true. Peasants worked all year round. It isn't like in the winter they just sat around chilling. They still built, chopped wood, tended animals, kept the house in order, made and repaired clothes.
Generally the planting and harvesting seasons were 12+ hours of work a day
It’s hilarious. The meme only references days owed to the local lord, and ignores any and all freehold responsibilities, which they needed to, you know, eat and survive.
Depending on where and when, it was a % of yield, or a number of days, or an amount of tax in kind based on arbitrary value of land. But it ultimately meant about 1/3 of what they made they received zero benefit from whatsoever.
True, hard to make general assumptions, however, the idea that medieval peasants at the bottom of the feudal triangle had "holidays" of that magnitude is laughable. Even worse were the villeins, who had no freehold and were, in effect indentured servants.
To be fair, when are we talking? Where? A Russian serf in 1780 was closer to a slave than a serf in northern England where the Normans didn't hold land in 1112. Those latter probably would have had very little required feudal labor, and time "off" was probably common (spent on minor tasks)
This is true only in regards to the amount of full days (not an 8 hour "modern" workday) that the lord who owned the land they lived on could demand they work in exchange for being allowed to live on that land, and most of the rest of their time was spent tending their own land, animals & household.
contrary to popular belief "Peasants" were quite legally savvy, had rights and entitlements which if they didn't get they sued for -and won. Not a great life to you and I, but back then it was better than being a towny
...better than being a towny?
Towns people (in smaller towns anyway) had literally double the life expectancy because infant mortality was dramatically lower and they had access to doctors (if poor quality ones).
You have no idea what you are talking about.
LARGE towns had poor sanitation. Smaller ones, the overwhelming majority of towns, didn't have that problem.
Starvation or malnourishment killed off almost 1/3 of serfs either directly, or dying from disease they would not have without shit immune systems.
Prior to modern science, "sanitation" pretty much refers to what they did with their poo and their dead and their animal offal and miden heaps and the like.
And by peasants you mean the local lords and counts who were literate and had servants. Got it. The towns were full of guilds and had literate people engaging in their own trade wars, or making dumb laws about what was a knife vs a dagger.
I don't know why you think all the farmers were literate, or even some of the farmers....or that there were farmers. The were called, barons, counts, and lords. The people pushing the plows weren't called farmers. Feudal times were very, well, feudal. You are thinking of the renaissance.
Life, the family you have, food on the table, etc. The less you have should make you more appreciative of what you do have. Theres nothing wrong with celebrating life.
Funny you'd say that. During the industrial revolution, peasants were considered "lazy" by capitalists when they moved on to work in factories, they complained hours were too long. They were used to work as long as there is sunlight in the winter and basically rest in the summer before harvest ;-)
Isn’t having roads, bridges & fire departments to answer your call an incredible luxury you’d be willing to never use as trade for paying no property tax?
No. Not at all.
Serfs were tied to the land. They weren't property, but they weren't able to be anything BUT serfs unless they asked their lord, and their lord agreed...usually to allow them to be clergy, really the only way out.
They were also expected to serve military duty.
Yup. My Italian gr-gr-grandparents were tenant farmers. They scraped just enough gold together to send their only son to the US (they had 5 daughters but only 1 son that survived childhood).
He was supposed to return to Italy but didn’t (because Conscription).
This is the history that's not taught in schools. This is the economics that's not taught in schools. The only trickle down you get from the rich is them pissing down your back, telling you it's raining
If it makes you feel any better I think this culture wars stupid as hell and CEOS who have either started a company or actually EARNED their place deserve the money their buisness generates. Though thats not to give any credit to the corrupt ones, or the wealth hoarders. Which is-
Actually fully in their rights to do. As much as it harms everyone else. People have the legal ability to NOT spend money on things they dont need or want, unless its shit like taxes which could be a bit higher for the mega corps themselves, and politicians.
Societies that work together are more successful than those that are divided and fighting each other all the time.
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In medieval times, there was a social contract- you paid taxes, and your local lord protected his lands/people and provided a standard of infrastructure (very oversimplified).
There's no such contract now.
The greed lords of today are about to unleash hell,making massive cuts and funnelling tax payer money into their coffers.taxes will probably go up on everybody else and they'll get nothing in return.
Did you know natives in Canada are owned by the monarchy...privy council has last say whatever is done to us...right now we're fighting for our children,still.
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Don’t think there were a lot of those back then. They knew they would never become lords. Today all these people think they are going to be the next billionaire. That’s the real delusion that keeps the masses in line
Funny, but the whole thing about feudalism was that lords did not have to pay taxes to the sovereign.
And that's what the plutocrats are wet-dreaming about.
Let them suffer, I say. We tried to tell them what would happen, we explained it from A to Z, and they still voted for him. Why should anyone care when they vote against their own interests? You might not agree with everything a king does, but you want the crown on his head.
Everyone still lives in a feudal society, imho. Just that the metrics of status/ elites are different (money/celebrity status rather than blood/god).
look up neo-feudalism, it's an interesting take that I struggle to disprove.
Yes,it's called Capitalism,you can't avoid Neo-Feudalism to a certain degree,but America has taken it to the extreme and litterally turned Corporate Billionaires into Gods who are above the Law.
I'd disagree a bit there. Capitalism requires disparity to function properly, but allows for social mobility based on wealth acquisition. Feudalism doesn't. People like Musk, comparatively, aren't even at the top of the feudal or capitalist pyramid (even tho to us poor peons it looks like it)
Elon Musk has litterally bought the Presidency and can handout Government contracts to himself and his Oligarch friends,you can't climb much higher up the Food chain.You can't compare Feudalism to Neo-Feudalism,it's 600 years between,Neo-Feudalism is Capitalism gone rouge.
You're still limiting your view to USA. orgs like IMF, jpbank, Goldman Sachs etc are the economic dog, musk is the tail. A tail that causes change & at times a useful lightning rod, but still gets wagged (Tesla dipping etc). He's too volatile for global $$ movers, so slums it in US politics.
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Well how’d you get to be king, then?
In the old days, being left-ist meant you punched up - and targeted the rulers, not the victims.
What is the intent of this meme?
Generally the planting and harvesting seasons were 12+ hours of work a day
Towns people (in smaller towns anyway) had literally double the life expectancy because infant mortality was dramatically lower and they had access to doctors (if poor quality ones).
You have no idea what you are talking about.
Starvation or malnourishment killed off almost 1/3 of serfs either directly, or dying from disease they would not have without shit immune systems.
heheh. Good one!
yea, most people in medieval times weren't super literate - including lords
Serfs were tied to the land. They weren't property, but they weren't able to be anything BUT serfs unless they asked their lord, and their lord agreed...usually to allow them to be clergy, really the only way out.
They were also expected to serve military duty.
He was supposed to return to Italy but didn’t (because Conscription).
Ya dig?
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There's no such contract now.
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Make it end…
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And that's what the plutocrats are wet-dreaming about.
look up neo-feudalism, it's an interesting take that I struggle to disprove.