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Re:Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, and It's Making Inflation ... by bigbillheck on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:24AM (#27590765)
> It was still a step up from the previous condition of serfdom

I don't think it was the industrial revolution that ended serfdom in a lot of places, at least not per wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom#Dates_of_emancipation_...

In a lot of those places, it did end because of revolutions, but it was the French and 1848, not the Industrial.

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Re:Cargo Is Piling Up Everywhere, and It's Making Inflation ... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:40PM (#27593906)
It was mostly the black death that caused a dramatic shift in labor power.
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