SaltyAmerican@lemmy.world to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 4 days agoThey dont understand big wordslemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down112
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minus-squareNotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThe serfs could be expelled because while the serfs were not free to leave, it was the lords who actually owned the land. The analogy is not prefect, but not terrible.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThe lords did own the land, but expelling the serfs could not be done simply by telling the serfs to leave. There was a large accumulation that was forced on the serfs. Feudalism was a fundamentally distinct class society from capitalism.
The serfs could be expelled because while the serfs were not free to leave, it was the lords who actually owned the land.
The analogy is not prefect, but not terrible.
The lords did own the land, but expelling the serfs could not be done simply by telling the serfs to leave. There was a large accumulation that was forced on the serfs. Feudalism was a fundamentally distinct class society from capitalism.