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    lightninglouie: Rushkoff has been on a downward spiral ever since that time in 1994, when he learned that raves were no longer considered "cool". more »
    gorehound: What a dumb idea...I am so glad I do not live in the Middle Ages.Back then us Jews were Hertics and we might just be tortured or killed for our religi... more »
    MargaretMoony: Land was no longer a thing the peasants could grow stuff on, land became an investment, land became an asset class for the wealthy. Once it became an ... more »
    Mightyfastpig: I've read an advance copy of Life Inc. and wrote a review of it, in which I criticized it for its portrayal of the late Middle Ages for much the same ... more »
    AgnosticTheocrat: Prior to the Bubonic Plague, Western Europe was an overpopulated and heavily stratified Caste System, in which peasants were barely living on subsiste... more »
    FiorenzaDampt: The plague killed people because there was no longer any subsistence farming? That's utterly ridiculous. There were plagues that ravaged Europe during... more »
    ashermalachi: Wow, congratulations, Douglas Ruskhoff. You clearly know nothing about the Middle Ages. Though you are right, to an extent, about the Renaissance bein... more »
    Alizarin: Seeing as I have a totally pain free root canal coming up in the near future, can vote, will not have to pretend to be a Nun to avoid getting stuck in... more »
    frankenstoen: It's not capitalism that creates plagues, it's the sham version of capitalism that dominates the world today: corporatism. Corporatism unfairly slants... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: ME PLANTS SEEDS IN MUD BUT NO CORN GROWING more »
    RonMaverick291: I could never survive in a era without electricity & deodorant. more »
    Cash907Censored: Lets see... no middle class, just .01 percent "haves" and 99.9 percent "have-nots," everyone was shorter, diseases were rampant, average lifespan was ... more »
    Plague: Well, at least no one is turning people into newts these days. more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Okay, my turn. I wonder if war is actually better than peace. During war you can develop a camaraderie with your fellow soldier that is really hard to... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: HELL NO! more »
  • #quoteoftheday

    Were The Middle Ages Better Than Today?

    Futurist and media maven Douglas Rushkoff has just published Life, Inc., a book about how corporations control and permeate our lives. In a recent interview, Rushkoff says the middle ages were better than our corporate-controlled future. More »