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Re:The Fallacy of Techno-Feudalism by 0thgen on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:46AM (#43945581)
I think the fact that people can pick and choose which contracts to engage in, can back out at any time, and in many cases if you live in a rich country, opt out altogether. Even if there are "pressures" (either socially induced or biological) to work in some form, "consent" seems like a perfectly reasonable word to describe modern conditions.

Like, do we really, truly believe the current world is no different from the feudal past? Is that not hasty reductionism?

Re:The Fallacy of Techno-Feudalism by vjerancrnjak on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:48AM (#43945595)
I believe it is different.