Message from @WP
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the u.s political system today is a LESS DEMOCRATIC version of serfdom
because today a vote means nothing
but back then with such a high level of represenation a community had influence on their burgess or knight
it's the same system
any influence they had was informal at best, even a lord himself had limited political influence
it is 800 years old
edward i establishes model parliament in 1295 or whatever
sometime late 1200s
since then it just gradually evolves
but overtime you get less people per represenative and it becomes more corrupt and it becomes the rule of the elite
remember this, hierarchical societies work best
put that on your political compass
and the biggest trick of all is that come universal suffrage inthe 1800s they can rule
we livei n the most hierarchial society today
not serfdom lol
the people who rule today rule and engineer society how they like
they couldn't do that in serfdom
in serfdom the serfs could revolt
it's amazing how you have everything the wrong way around
society should remain simple
and no they couldn't revolt generally
lol yes they fucking could and they did all the time
they would have no legal authority or recognition
when was the last time we had a revolt in the west?
and generally no reason to revolt
they put the nobility in their place all the time
because like i said, life wasn't too bad
lol holy shit the revolts are endless
the revolts under virtually every king
they took over towns, executed nobles
revolts would have been led by nobles
and it had big impacts and the nobility had to be careful
a serf will revolt under the leadership of a noble but not by himself in almost all cases
like jack cade rebellion?
like peasant's revolt?
these were peoples' movements
some knights joined in because they cared about their communities, similarly the barons fought one another all the time
nobles were ordained by god to rule, and it wasn't the serf's place to question it
the nobility fought one another
wrong