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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

I don't think that peasant economy was exploitative in the same way capitalism is. Peasants were largely farmers who grew food and provided the landowner with a percentage of their crop. They were integral to human survival and as far as I know the percentage taken by landowners was not comparable to the wealth extracted from workers today.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Ah, the good old days of serfdom when peasants were tied to the land/manor and its Lord in a slave-like state.

You see some wild shit on Lemmy apparently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You see wild shit on lemmy .world

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