PugJesus1d ago

Serfs OWNED and TRADED like PROPERTY 😊

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1917586/serfs-owned-and-traded-like-property

Show threadstarik1d ago
More like one of the peasants becomes one of the lords by selling other peasants overpriced supplements, then when someone calls them a traitor to the revolt, they reply with memes like this.
Show threadSemjeza

Sadly noone goes from peasant to lord, short of being family of Jean of Arc.

I don’t think there’s another case of peasant to upper nobility in a single generation.

Mar 26 at 4:41amWeb
Show threadstarik1d ago
There are many such cases under capitalism, which this meme is meant to be satirizing
Show threadSemjeza19h ago

Well post 1893, sure.

But even today, until we had a new class of mega-rich, let’s call them Billionaires - the nuevo-riche were always quick to be thrown under the bus by old money.

Now the power dynamic has shifted, but the billies will still, and do, chuck millionaire cronies to the crowds if it means avoiding responsibility and comeuppance.