capitalism’s worst enemy has been socialism, most vocally communism.
what was the counteracting -ism to feudalism during the ages? was the counteracting -ism a different one at some point?
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In Europe, what ended feudalism wasn’t so much a counteracting -ism, but the bubonic plague, which in the first wave wiped out nearly a third of the population, so many people that the remaining peasants’ labor was suddenly worth a lot more, giving them much more bargaining power for better wages and working conditions.
See https://chronodigest.com/how-the-black-death-broke-feudalism/
So, you’re saying we need a deadly virus that kills a massive chunk of the population? I’ll see what I can do.
Please don’t. Just wash yourself weekly at least please.