\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

Question about European feudalism.

Was this system as singularly shitty as it sounds, or have m...
Bronze faggot firefighter
  06/14/13
just walk outside bro
cracking garrison dopamine
  05/29/25
(and yes, OP's country has a third world gini coefficient)
cracking garrison dopamine
  05/29/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  06/03/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  06/08/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/01/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/03/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/06/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/08/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/13/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/14/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/16/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/20/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/24/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/29/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  07/30/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  08/04/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  08/10/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/11/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/11/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/11/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/11/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/12/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/12/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/13/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/13/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/16/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/16/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/17/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/18/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/23/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/24/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/24/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/24/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/26/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/26/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/26/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/27/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  11/28/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/02/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/04/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/04/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/07/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/08/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/08/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/09/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/10/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/16/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/18/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/21/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/22/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/24/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/28/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/28/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  12/29/25
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  01/04/26
...
cracking garrison dopamine
  01/06/26
...
nyuug
  01/12/26
...
nyuug
  01/14/26
Have most large-scale agricultural civilizations over the la...
Frisky rigpig dragon
  05/29/25
Yes, it was terrible, it was the first form of mass-egalitar...
apoplectic big nursing home ape
  05/29/25
(ignores every other form of mass-agriculture that preceded ...
Frisky rigpig dragon
  05/29/25
They were better because you had different tribal clans owni...
apoplectic big nursing home ape
  05/29/25
read the history of the early hydrological civilizations of ...
Frisky rigpig dragon
  05/29/25
Better to be a serf under a Warrior Clique (blessed by the P...
spectacular principal's office scourge upon the earth
  07/01/25
...
pea-brained shaky pisswyrm piazza
  07/13/25
...
lime buck-toothed base
  07/13/25
what part of: the peasants are revolting, don't u get?
Titillating point
  05/29/25
cq
Sticky marvelous chad
  05/29/25
I'd say that like slavery it probably depends on a lot on ju...
Exciting nighttime ratface menage
  06/03/25
teen black death survivors were the original Boomers
spectacular principal's office scourge upon the earth
  07/02/25
...
pink wonderful meetinghouse
  12/18/25
i wish i could have sworn fealty to an employer like a serf ...
Supple haunting brunch coldplay fan
  06/08/25
Serfs had tons of time off & feast days. It wasn't as ba...
Umber space
  07/01/25
really depended on the country, the region, and the lord re...
Curious regret
  07/16/25
It worked out really well for most folks. Asia had similar s...
bull headed stage
  11/11/25
it was a nanny state.
Nubile Racy Parlor Pervert
  11/24/25
Most societies were nomadic. Home sapiens only became a sett...
bull headed stage
  12/08/25
actual feudalism was probably fine and shitty in parts four...
Curious regret
  12/18/25


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: June 14th, 2013 10:27 AM
Author: Bronze faggot firefighter

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#23393887)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 4:29 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine

just walk outside bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48969812)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 4:30 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48969813)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2025 9:24 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48985020)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 8th, 2025 5:55 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48997575)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 1st, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49064860)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 3rd, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49070377)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 6th, 2025 8:32 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49077411)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 8th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49084518)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 13th, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49098591)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 14th, 2025 5:12 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49101058)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 16th, 2025 3:43 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49105012)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 20th, 2025 8:00 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49117359)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 24th, 2025 5:37 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49128622)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 29th, 2025 11:50 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49141968)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 30th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49143857)



Reply Favorite

Date: August 4th, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49156580)



Reply Favorite

Date: August 10th, 2025 8:35 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49172980)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 11th, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49421817)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 11th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49421862)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 11th, 2025 8:57 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49421881)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 11th, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49422254)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 12th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49424474)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 12th, 2025 9:29 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49425035)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 13th, 2025 1:21 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49425543)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 13th, 2025 4:52 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49427654)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 16th, 2025 8:27 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49436681)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 16th, 2025 9:03 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49436785)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 17th, 2025 6:11 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49439167)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 18th, 2025 7:01 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49441985)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 23rd, 2025 8:51 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49454945)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 24th, 2025 12:36 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49455274)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 24th, 2025 6:55 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49457596)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 24th, 2025 9:29 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49458108)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 26th, 2025 12:15 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49461550)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 26th, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49463581)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 26th, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49464738)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 27th, 2025 5:48 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49466319)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 28th, 2025 12:55 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49467160)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 2nd, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49478445)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 4th, 2025 5:54 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49484240)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 4th, 2025 9:25 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49484832)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 7th, 2025 7:20 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49492316)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 8th, 2025 12:55 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49493000)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 8th, 2025 8:23 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49495268)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 9th, 2025 3:57 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49497250)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 10th, 2025 9:55 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49500993)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 16th, 2025 9:07 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49515504)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 18th, 2025 1:04 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49518561)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 21st, 2025 8:59 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49529071)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 22nd, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49532458)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 24th, 2025 12:00 AM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49536032)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 28th, 2025 6:54 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49545634)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 28th, 2025 7:05 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49545665)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 29th, 2025 9:19 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49548639)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 4th, 2026 8:56 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49562700)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 6th, 2026 7:39 PM
Author: cracking garrison dopamine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49567730)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 12th, 2026 6:44 PM
Author: nyuug



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49584404)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 14th, 2026 6:47 PM
Author: nyuug



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49589879)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 5:47 AM
Author: Frisky rigpig dragon

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48969854)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 5:51 AM
Author: apoplectic big nursing home ape

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48969860)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 5:55 AM
Author: Frisky rigpig dragon

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48969863)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 7:47 AM
Author: apoplectic big nursing home ape

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48969954)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Frisky rigpig dragon

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48971066)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 1st, 2025 11:58 PM
Author: spectacular principal's office scourge upon the earth

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49065184)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 13th, 2025 6:53 PM
Author: pea-brained shaky pisswyrm piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49098592)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 13th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: lime buck-toothed base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49098608)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 8:52 AM
Author: Titillating point

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48970037)



Reply Favorite

Date: May 29th, 2025 8:54 AM
Author: Sticky marvelous chad

cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48970041)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 3rd, 2025 9:32 PM
Author: Exciting nighttime ratface menage

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48985033)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 2nd, 2025 12:06 AM
Author: spectacular principal's office scourge upon the earth

teen black death survivors were the original Boomers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49065206)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 18th, 2025 4:10 AM
Author: pink wonderful meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49518664)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 8th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Supple haunting brunch coldplay fan

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#48997602)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 1st, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: Umber space

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49065026)



Reply Favorite

Date: July 16th, 2025 4:01 AM
Author: Curious regret

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49105022)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 11th, 2025 8:49 PM
Author: bull headed stage

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=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49421865)



Reply Favorite

Date: November 24th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: Nubile Racy Parlor Pervert

it was a nanny state.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49458174)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 8th, 2025 8:26 PM
Author: bull headed stage

Most societies were nomadic. Home sapiens only became a settled species during the most recent 5% of our time on earth. There's absolutely nothing normal (or even good) about anything we do today, unless your goal is simply to put more people on the earth's surface

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49495273)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 18th, 2025 1:07 AM
Author: Curious regret

actual feudalism was probably fine and shitty in parts

foursquare feudalism otoh is a lot of fun and harmless if it's not infested with faggots

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2281707&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310893",#49518563)