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*I cannot really see a direct link between feudalism and 'the customer is always right.' For one thing, the concept of a customer was not in widespread use, especially early on in the feudal era, given that there was relatively little trading and what there was originally rarely involved money. IT was not until later on that the practice of trading goods increased significantly, and especially with the increased use of money led to the creation of the market as we know it today.
 
*I cannot really see a direct link between feudalism and 'the customer is always right.' For one thing, the concept of a customer was not in widespread use, especially early on in the feudal era, given that there was relatively little trading and what there was originally rarely involved money. IT was not until later on that the practice of trading goods increased significantly, and especially with the increased use of money led to the creation of the market as we know it today.
 
*You put far too great an emphasis on the good aspects of feudalism from  modern perspective. You do not mention that the system was extremely exploitative of the serf class. They were bound to work the land all their life and to serve their lord, and were entirely under his control. Indeed there may have been fewer people who didn't work but when they were in fact 'fired' as it were the consequences were far more devastating than today. This would have involved an entire family being ejected from their home and the land they worked since this was all part of the equation.  [[User:RobertWDP|RobertWDP]] 10:31, 26 February 2009 (EST)
 
*You put far too great an emphasis on the good aspects of feudalism from  modern perspective. You do not mention that the system was extremely exploitative of the serf class. They were bound to work the land all their life and to serve their lord, and were entirely under his control. Indeed there may have been fewer people who didn't work but when they were in fact 'fired' as it were the consequences were far more devastating than today. This would have involved an entire family being ejected from their home and the land they worked since this was all part of the equation.  [[User:RobertWDP|RobertWDP]] 10:31, 26 February 2009 (EST)
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: Feudalism developed the concept of "service", which became central to chivalry.  From that came "customer service," as in restaurants.
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: On your second point, I'm afraid it suffers from anti-Christian bias that infects commonly read materials.  Feudalism had no commuting, no "lay offs," no "offshoring", fewer heinous crimes like today, no widespread breakups of marriage, no same-sex marriage, no drug addiction, etc.  It was far from perfect, but far from terrible also.  What liberals hate about it was its Christianity.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 12:21, 26 February 2009 (EST)
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