Quote Originally Posted by bbbuddy View Post
What is REALLY sad is that the serfs during the Dark Ages were far freer than we are today....

This is because the general consensus during the dark ages was, by TPTB at that time, if the tax collectors don't get the people then the plague and starvation will! Most preferred to suffer at the hands of plague and starvation as from what I've read and of paintings I've seen the tax collectors were a sadistic lot of creeps.

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