Feudalism

"For the old traditional system, inefficient and oppressive as it had been, was also a system of considerable social certainty and, at a most miserable level, of some economic security; not to mention that it was hallowed by custom and tradition."

(Extracted from "The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848" by Eric Hobsbawm, p. 158)

Perhaps the peasantry were better off before the Revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. Capitalism tends to break-down traditions while generating a need for constant change at an ever-faster pace. Who should benefit from that?

Carpe Diem,