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Re:OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News by plastic-enjoyer on Sunday September 27, 2026 @06:34AM (#49865406)
> Feudalism is the natural state of mankind

No, it's not. What we call feudalism arose after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Re:OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News by hodgehog11 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @06:51AM (#49865508)
Alright, maybe I shouldn't have used the term "feudalism", although this is one that most people understand. The correct term is an "extractive institution".
Re:OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News by estearum on Sunday September 27, 2026 @06:36AM (#49865427)
Not really. All that happened is that security got unbundled from the Landlord to the State in exchange for some protections against the (notorious) caprice and malice of some Landlords.

But the fundamental economic arrangement largely remains intact. The landed class extracts infinity wealth from production upon "their" land in perpetuity by virtue of a piece of paper that says they can physical force upon anyone who dares to be productive on it without paying the required tribute.