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THREAD. With the restart of #GoT imminent, here’s a swift Marxist analysis of the situation. I will do updates during the Season. 1/ The White Walkers represent #Barbarism – what Marx called "the mutual ruin of the contending classes" …
2/ In #GoTMarxistAnalysis the mode of production on Westeros is feudalism. The surplus is extracted through peasants obligation to give their produce to the lord, who is obliged to perform military service to the King…
3/ Under feudalism the main form of entrepreneurship is to take someone else’s land (and their peasants’ allegiance) but there is also trade/plunder as with the House Greyjoy (aka the Vikings but with castles) …
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