What are the differences between capitalism and feudalism?
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Capitalism is an economic system in which private individuals and business firms carry on the production and exchange of goods and services through a complex network of prices and markets.\n\nFeudalism is a contractual system of political and military relationships existing among members of the nobility in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.
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According to Marx, Socialism is the stage between Capitalism and Communism in which goods and salary are not equal for everyone, unlike the perfect communist society. \n\nFor instance, Mark works on a corn farm. Joe works as a doctor. In a capitalist society, the demand for doctors is much higher than for individuals to work on a farm, so Joe makes much more money than Mark. \n\nIn a communist society, Mark and Joe make the same amount of money, and get the same amount of material goods despite what they do.\n\nIn a socialist society, Joe will still make more money than Mark, but the material goods and services available to both will be the same.
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Here are 3 links that discuss the decline of Feudalism (the end of castles & knights)\nOthers have correctly highlighted the 2 primary reasons:\n1.  The use of cannon (gunpowder) in sieges and war.\n2.  The change in economy, Kings and the the centralized governments that they created took power and capital away from the local lords and knights.  The straight farming economy changed to support more tradesmen. etc.. \nREAD and find out more :-)
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The original change from feudalism was done thru revolution. The same goes for Russia. The change to quasi-capitalism is made thru choice and a realizaton that pure socialism does not work. It is a wonderful consept on paper but due to human nature it does not work.
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Now a days people misuse the term democracy to mean capitalism. Sometimes they go together, but they are two very different concepts that can exist indepent of each other too.
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Under socialism, government decides what to produce and how to allocate end product between consumers (in the best interest of all people, obviously). \n\nUnder capitalism, same thing is decided as a market equilibrium between firms and consumers.
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this link will be of help to u...go thru it .. u will understand...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism#Capitalist_theory
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A capitalistic society retains ownership in private hands.  Even the economic planning in a capitalistic society is mostly a non-governmental function.  The courts exist to achieve justice.  The fundamental value persued by government is FREEDOM.\n\nIn a communistic society, there is no private property, the economy is centrally planned, and the courts exist to serve a social function rather than justice.  The fundamental value persued by government is supposed to be EQUALITY but normally is actually RESENTMENT against anyone more successful than the norm.
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There may be a conflict here, however  you can not have one with out the other.  True Capitalism will only work in a true democracy.  Whenever the government steps in to control all business you will usually find one type of totalitarian government or the other running things and this takes capitalism out of the equation and make for a very dreary life for those working in that country.  Capitalism is a system of hope, if you are poor in a capitalist society you have hope of climbing out of being poor.  In a non-capitalist society if you are poor that is where you can expect to stay.
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The basic difference is that Communism is a pure political philosophy where the Government controls all the means of production while Capitalism is on the opposite end of the spectrum, where the people own the means of production.\n\nSocialism is the hybrid of Communism and Capitalism.  Socialism is essentially Capitalism where the government controls certain industries within the country's marketplace.\n\nSome examples:\n\nCapitalist:  United States; Or, more purely, Hong Kong (but not the rest of China).\n\nSocialism:  Germany, Norway\n\nCommunism:  Cuba or China
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Well, a feudal society is very regulated - every one is kept in their place. The poor peasants have no money, they're all using the bartering system to get what they want, the only way for people to make money is to be a merchant (ie sell on products made by other people), but you can't buy any good to sell if you don't have any money! Also they all live in very small towns - every one knows that you are a peasant and you can't pretend to be someone else. There is no transport so you can't get away from your village and even if you walked away, you'd turn up in the next village looking shabby and everyone would be suspicious of you because you're an outsider.\n\nSo -\nlack of physical currency \nlack of possessions\nlack of control over personal circumstances\nlack of transport\nsmall population\nlack of control over means of production (ie they don't own the things that are making money)\nattitudes (peasants deserve to be poor)\n\nIt wasn't until people started to become merchants that any social mobility was possible. It all comes down to money in the end!
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I have to agree...feudalism...is HERE....NOW.  In a very NOW sort of way....!\n\nTo work for your land....Kinda the pseudo motto of the National Guard.\n\nSo to answer the question.....it is not all of a sudden....it is here now....prevalant and will continue UNTIL....we get it right.
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Ideology deals more with social, economic, or political beliefs; whereas religion deals more with supernatural, spiritual, and theistic beliefs.\n\nIdeology:\n\n"A set of doctrines or beliefs that form the basis of a political, economic, or other system." \n\nReligion:\n\n"Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe."
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Capitalism is the private ownership of the means of production.\n\nOther economic systems, such as socialism (government control of the means of production), communism (government or collective ownership of the means of production).\n\nIt is an interesting question to consider whether capitalism would survive without government.  Certainly, one of the weaknesses of capitalism is that it leads to a highly inequal distribution of wealth, as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.  At some time, if the poor were poor enough, they would band together and take away the assets of the rich.\n\nWe've seen revolution after revolution throughout human history, many of which, at their core, arose from inequal distribution of resources (the poor will only tolerate so much before they will commit their lives to fighting the status quo).  At some level, whether from the wealthy in a cpaitalist system, or from a government, there needs to be a mechanism in society to maintain social order.  While this is not part of the core fundamentals of capitalism, this social order is necessary for the capitalist economy to operate.
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Capitalism means: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.\n\nSocialism means: You have two cows. The government owns them and lets you keep the milk.\n\nCommunism means: You have two cows. The government owns them and sells you the milk.\n\nAnd while I'm on the subject:\n\nBureaucracy means: You have two cows. The government shoots one, milks the other one and pours the milk down the drain.\n\nFascism means: You have two cows. The government takes them and shoots you. \n\nSharia law means: You have two cows. The government makes you dress in a burqa, then it chops your hands off, and then the Americans invade the country and shoot you. \n\nPopulism means: You have two cows. Nobody knows who owns them and nobody cares as long as she's got big ti ts.
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Capitalism at least gives people the chance of getting out of poverty.  Communism only the upper party leaders have money.  In communism everyone is poor, everyone has to wait in lines for goods, merchandice is poor quality.\n\nMillions have died because of communism.  Freedom of speech is non-exsistent.  Famines due to government controls.  Communism essentially makes government god.  Give me capitalism and give me freedom.
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I think the slaves trade didn't cause the capitalism. I think slaves trade was caused by capitalism which came from Industrial Revolution. In capitalist economy, Marx told us, there are two classes: one which hold the money  and one which doesn't. The first is also the one which rules the second is made by... slaves. You can verify it by yourself: if you must have a work to survive, you are a slave; you are free only if you don't need to work for a living.