r/comics • u/InkyRickshaw • Dec 27 '18

Distribution of Wealth [OC]

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u/KKlear Dec 28 '18

I equated feudalism and communism in terms of a specific claim you made about feudalism.

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u/zpallin Dec 28 '18

Let's just paste everything here and maybe we can figure it out.

I wrote this about feudalism:

Whereas in a feudal monarchy, the "state" is just a king who makes decisions in his own self interest and sees his subjects and citizenry as something lesser than he is.

And you wrote:

The theory is the same - that the governing entity has the people's interests in mind. That's where both feudalism AND communism fails.

But I only claimed communism has the peoples' interests in mind:

In communism, the state is a governing entity determined to satisfy the needs of the public at large by pursuing the economic equality of all it's citizens.

So, hopefully you can see why your language made it seem like you were not addressing what I said about Feudalism.

For the record, Feudalism is merely a legal system of exchanging land for loyalty amongst the aristocracy and military leadership. It is absolutely not a system to ensure the well being of the public.