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Re:Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism by fmajid on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:17AM (#39978238)
I live in the UK, where we can only aspire to technofeudalism, being stuck in medievofeudalism, where most of the land is still owned by the feudal aristocracy, i.e. parasites descended from thugs, and most people don't own the land beneath their homes, being effectively serfs to their freeholders.
Re:Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism by discodachshund on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:12AM (#39979077)
Actually we have both, as this technofeudalism refers to digital capital and not land capital.
Re:Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism by aembleton on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @10:23AM (#39979743)
Do those leaseholds keep up with inflation? I know there's been a scandal about some new builds increasing rents each year, but ours was set 150 years ago at £5/year and never goes up. We don't even know who to pay it to and no ones bothered to collect it. Its too small a figure.

I don't consider myself a serf, if I even had to pay £5/year.