We cry shame on the #feudal baron who forbade the #peasant to turn a clod of #earth unless he surrendered to his #lord a fourth of his crop. We call those the barbarous times. But if the forms have changed, the relations have remained the same, and the #worker is #forced, under the name of free contract, to accept feudal obligations. For, turn where he will, he can find no better conditions. Everything has become private property, and he must accept, or die of #hunger. #communism#peterkropotkin
Did you know that there's a place in #Europe that still has a #feudal system?
The #crown dependency of #Sark is a curious place. It has no paved #roads & #cars are forbidden, #women only got the right to inherit #property in 1999, & the whole island is, to this day, a fiefdom.
This means the #monarch is the head, with a #lord (seigneur here) as the executive power & the tenants (effectively liegemen) as the vassals.
@mythologyandhistory Sark sounds like the perfect environment for a fictional detective to investigate numerous murders, perhaps with some relating to non-payment of just £1.79.
In Avengers: Infinity War Star-Lord, Peter Quill, is asked "What master do you serve?"
He replies: "What am I supposed to say? Jesus?"
My answer should honestly always be "Jesus" as He is indeed my Lord and Saviour.
Then again I would never hold a gun to Spider-Man's head! #Jesus#StarLord#SpiderMan#Lord#Master