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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by Retra on Thursday December 03, 2015 @01:14PM (#10671384)
The worst argument in the world: http://squid314.livejournal.com/323694.html

"Feudalism is bad, so anything that can be vaguely compared to it must also be bad."

Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by sageikosa on Thursday December 03, 2015 @01:38PM (#10671594)
Well, depending on whether you consider the fief or the fealty pledge as the defining characteristic of feudalism, it's not a bad analogy. I get more annoyed when people conflate manorialism with feudalism. One is how the people survive, the other is how the lords of the manor (or city) are beholden to a higher power.