alt Hacker NewsThat did occasionally happen but I don't think it was the majority case by any means.
That being said, if we're talking about the lord owning the mill you labor at, how is that different than tesla owning the car factory you work at?
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Tesla does not, AFAICT, also own the land you live on. They pay you in fiat currency that can be exchanged for other goods sold by any provider.
A better comparison to support your "capitalism = feudalism" argument would actually be the era of company stores and truck wages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons
I understand that you think that, but you're wrong according to pretty much every historical source.
If you don't understand the difference between a feudal lord an Elon musk I'm not sure I can help you. We live in a world where individual rights are orders of magnitude more significant that those of a feudal serf.
It isn't, and that's why people speak about technofeudalism?