• ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]M
    hexbear
    32
    10 months ago

    king: peasants who have cultivated a new swathe of land in the past two years in a village where half the children are starving will have the option of receiving an extra draft animal on a zero-interest, 10 year loan

    peasants: can we keep a greater share of our harvests?

    king: sweetie i wish i could do that but the East Francians want to kill all of you and its up to me to protect you. gotta feed all those soldiers. its hard work keeping you all safe but i do it out of the kindness of my heart. now toil for ur lord and he will share the spoils of war!! we promise!

    • Comp4 [she/her]
      hexbear
      20
      10 months ago

      Trickle down economics during feudalism

  • ZapataCadabra [he/him]
    hexbear
    24
    10 months ago

    very-intelligent Look at the beautiful castles the nobles built. Peasants wouldn't have created such great monuments.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    6
    10 months ago

    https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

    This is my new favorite website for this kind of stuff