[quote=Arraya]
Agreed, late-stage capitalism is going to be ugly. But, abundance of cheap labor? It was feudalism for God’s sake! I do agree with ignorance part, which was public policy. We were burning scientists at the stake for going against religion, kind of like we do today with environmental scientists.[/quote]
It was the medieval warm period and cereal crops were the staple. Labor was “cheap” as in expendable. It was expendable because the feudal system was supportable by the cereal crops coupled with no birth control insured ample, expendable labor.
As for the burning environmental scientest, it’s the opposite. Anybody going against the ivory tower orthodox is shredded.
