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Question about European feudalism.

Was this system as singularly shitty as it sounds, or have m...
vivacious philosopher-king
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just walk outside bro
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Have most large-scale agricultural civilizations over the la...
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Yes, it was terrible, it was the first form of mass-egalitar...
exhilarant location half-breed
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(ignores every other form of mass-agriculture that preceded ...
razzle-dazzle pit new version
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They were better because you had different tribal clans owni...
exhilarant location half-breed
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read the history of the early hydrological civilizations of ...
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Better to be a serf under a Warrior Clique (blessed by the P...
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what part of: the peasants are revolting, don't u get?
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cq
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I'd say that like slavery it probably depends on a lot on ju...
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teen black death survivors were the original Boomers
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Date: June 14th, 2013 10:27 AM
Author: vivacious philosopher-king

Was this system as singularly shitty as it sounds, or have most societies historically been based on similar systems?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#23393887)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:29 AM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole

just walk outside bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969812)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:30 AM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole

(and yes, OP's country has a third world gini coefficient)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969813)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48985020)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 5:55 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48997575)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49064860)



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Date: July 3rd, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49070377)



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Date: July 6th, 2025 8:32 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49077411)



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Date: July 8th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49084518)



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Date: July 13th, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49098591)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49101058)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 3:43 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49105012)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 8:00 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49117359)



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Date: July 24th, 2025 5:37 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49128622)



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Date: July 29th, 2025 11:50 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49141968)



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Date: July 30th, 2025 6:59 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49143857)



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Date: August 4th, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49156580)



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Date: August 10th, 2025 8:35 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49172980)



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Date: November 11th, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49421817)



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Date: November 11th, 2025 8:48 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49421862)



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Date: November 11th, 2025 8:57 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49421881)



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Date: November 11th, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49422254)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49424474)



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Date: November 12th, 2025 9:29 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49425035)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 1:21 AM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49425543)



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Date: November 13th, 2025 4:52 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49427654)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:27 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49436681)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: Splenetic odious market prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49436785)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 6:11 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49439167)



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Date: November 18th, 2025 7:01 PM
Author: nyuug (Gangnam WGWAG Playboy)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49441985)



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Date: November 23rd, 2025 8:51 PM
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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49454945)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:47 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle pit new version

Have most large-scale agricultural civilizations over the last 5k years relegated the vast majority of their agricultural labor force /population to a state of semi-slavery enforced by an exploitative elite with a monopoly on violence?

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969854)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:51 AM
Author: exhilarant location half-breed

Yes, it was terrible, it was the first form of mass-egalitarianism. All the old Tribal Clans were abolished & people were turned into landless serfs, the only exceptions were the Elite Warlord Clans that got to rule as Lords/Kings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969860)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:55 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle pit new version

(ignores every other form of mass-agriculture that preceded it)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969863)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:47 AM
Author: exhilarant location half-breed

They were better because you had different tribal clans owning different regions, serfdom was a form of quasi-slavery, only the Kings/Lords had property rights.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48969954)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle pit new version

read the history of the early hydrological civilizations of egypt, mesopotamia, the indus and the yellow river valleys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48971066)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 11:58 PM
Author: vibrant sooty range

Better to be a serf under a Warrior Clique (blessed by the Priestly Clique) than a humiliated cog of the Merchant Clique imho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49065184)



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Date: July 13th, 2025 6:53 PM
Author: Marvelous Mint Hell Party Of The First Part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49098592)



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Date: July 13th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: Coiffed Duck-like Set Mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49098608)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:52 AM
Author: house-broken sex offender useless brakes

what part of: the peasants are revolting, don't u get?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48970037)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:54 AM
Author: tan orchestra pit sound barrier

cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48970041)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 9:32 PM
Author: cream chapel

I'd say that like slavery it probably depends on a lot on just where you are, so not singularly shitty just situation dependent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48985033)



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Date: July 2nd, 2025 12:06 AM
Author: vibrant sooty range

teen black death survivors were the original Boomers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49065206)



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Date: June 8th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Carmine Box Office Faggotry

i wish i could have sworn fealty to an employer like a serf to a feudal lord when i was younger. would have saved me a lot of pain cycling through shitty short-term jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#48997602)



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Date: July 1st, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: 180 slap-happy fat ankles

Serfs had tons of time off & feast days. It wasn't as bad as most people think. They didn't have running water or electricity, but neither did the rulers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49065026)



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Date: July 16th, 2025 4:01 AM
Author: pink field coldplay fan

really depended on the country, the region, and the lord

removing technology from the equation it could range from far more harmonious than what we have today to utterly hellish. the general trend towards centralization of power from the early middle ages and on and the rise of the professional state theoretically ensures a general better standard of living for a subject on average, or at the very least a set "floor" for QoL, but ends up removing a lot to do with the nuances of power relations and enduring senses of community in the process

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49105022)



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Date: November 11th, 2025 8:49 PM
Author: maniacal base boiling water

It worked out really well for most folks. Asia had similar systems in place for thousands of years and they were stable societies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2Reputation#49421865)