Do you think that feudal systems of Medieval Europe were a way of political governance that led to a satisfactory life for most people, or are people who romanticize these eras viewing everything with rose tinted glasses?
Aside from the threat of death being present everywhere, it does seem kind of comfy. Born a noble, be a noble. Born the son of a shoe maker, learn how to make shoes. Know your place and try to excel at it.
>>81432403
no its fucking peasent.(no pun intended) its anti capitalist and anti meritocratic. europe became great when it embraced industrialization and enlightenment and abandoned feudalism.
>>81432403
Yeah, Caste systems are fucking great
Ask indians
Rose Tinted, especially since most of those "Fantasy" Games, Books and Movies aren't even Set during Medieval ages but mostly in the Renaissance, late Medieval times at Best.
So they aren't even fantasizing about the correct time to begin with..
Most People live like Shit while the so called Knights and Nobles behave like arrogant pompous barbarians. Even the Vikings which aren't even a People but more a Profession where mostly Cowards, not even attacking Villiages as soon as they would see any Kind of Defenses.
Medieval Times are Shit from start to finish.
>>81432403
People are stupid, most shouldn't have any power over the country at all. The feudal system isn't perfect but it's way better than memeocracy.
>>81432875
>memeocracy
>Government of the memes
We need to meme this into reality
What do you mean """were"""? We still live in a feudal system. Most people just don't know it.
How unfortunate.
Oh well, at least we have their art.
>>81432403
Kill yourself japanese.
>>81432403
Caste systems are a good idea, but there are too many people now to implement it well.
>>81432550
>anti meritocratic
Not really. It just reverses the process.
no
Rampant poverty, zero education for peasantry, disease and filth spreading everywhere, poor rule of law, heresay, propaganda and religion being the ruling forms of discourse.
It was brutally inefficient. Inefficient at maintaining security or peace, inefficient at providing equitable resources among the population, inefficient at maximising labour potential and inefficient at producing innovation. They existed only to support the nobility.
