“The confused mass of rules of conduct called law, which has been bequeathed to us by slavery, serfdom, feudalism, and royalty, has taken the place of those stone monsters, before whom human victims used to be immolated, and whom slavish savages dared not even touch lest they should be slain by the thunderbolts of heaven.” ShouldHumansHas BeensLawUsedHeavenTakenMassStonesVictimSlaveryMonstersUsed To BeConfusedSavagesRoyaltyFeudalismThunderbolts Book:Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings Source: Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings
“As the feudal system retained many of the elements of slavery, modified by the traditions, customs, and practices of the primitive communities, so capitalism retained the essential usurpations of feudalism, though professing to guard personal freedom, and to observe equity between the owner and the occupier of the land, the employer and the employed.” CommunityPracticeLandEssentialsElementsCapitalismTraditionSlaveryOwnersCustomsPrimitiveEmployedEquityEmployersPersonal FreedomFeudalismUsurpationFeudal System Author:Joshua K. Ingalls
“You'll have to have the governments sell off all of their public domains; sell off their railroads, sell off their public land. You'll essentially have to introduce neo-feudalism. You'll have to roll the clock of history back a thousand years, and reduce the European population to debt slavery. It's as simple a solution as the Eurozone has imposed on Greece. And it's a solution that the leaders and the banks are urging for responsible economists to promote for the population at large.” YearsGovernmentSimpleLeaderLandThousandSolutionsResponsibleSlaverySellsPopulationDebtClockIntroducingThousand YearsEconomistDomainGreeceRailroadsFeudalismEurozonePublic DomainPublic Lands Author:Michael Hudson
“When socialism comes into power, the Roman Church will advocate socialism with the same vigor [with which] it is now favoring feudalism and slavery.” ChurchChristianitySlaveryPositive AtheismSocialismVigorFeudalism Author:August Bebel
“Under chattel slavery and feudalism, exploitation was concrete and personalized in the producer's relationship with his master. The slave and peasant knew exactly who was screwing them. The modern worker, on the other hand, feels a pounding sensation, but has only a vague idea where it is coming from.” FeelsIdeasHandsModernMastersSlaverySlaveWorkersProducersSensationsConcreteExploitationVaguePeasantsFeudalismPersonalizedVague Ideas Author:Kevin Carson
“Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery . Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of slavery.” DevelopmentCapitalismMethodSlaveryGentlemanRefinementFeudalism Author:Kwame Nkrumah
“Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a bad state of man. The progress from these is in all cases the same — less government.” MenKindStatesGovernmentCasesProgressInstitutionsSlaveryVigorousFeudalism Author:Herbert Spencer
“Just as feudalism was an advance over slavery, and capitalism was the next step after feudalism, socialism is the next step after capitalism...........Socialism in America will come through the ballot box.” AmericaNextStepsCapitalismSlaveryBoxesSocialismCommunismBallotsNext StepsFeudalism Author:Gus Hall