Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social

Gotta keep labor in place, and let money travel seamlessly. That’s the goal.

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Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 13:20 UTC

I think it’s partly a domestic labor protection; workers afraid of being undercut, regardless of the merits of that

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A. Radke @streamlass.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 13:34 UTC

Feudalism never stopped being the ideal of those who think they'd be kings. That kings had any responsibilities never crosses their minds, of course; nor that they are not *actually* likely to be one.

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