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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The colonization or conquering wars in Europe were more to determine who controled the peasants (and their production) that for the peasants to get away from oppressive government control. Two (or more) sets of haves, treating the have-nots as prizes for the winners....
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Shouldn't we open a new thread for this discussion? Its somehow OT here.
Oh and you have a very negative view on feudalism - I agree its been a bad thing in most cases, but the theory behind it was quite different.