In seventeenth-century england, working for wages was widely associated with servility and loss of liberty. only those who controlled their own labor could be regarded as truly free. based on this understanding, which type of worker would claim the most personal liberty and freedom?

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In seventeenth-century England, working for wages was widely associated with servility and loss of liberty. Only those who controlled their own labor could be regarded as truly free. Based on this understanding, the type of worker that would claim the most personal liberty and freedom were farmers.

During the 17th century in England, farmers could say that they were the ones with more personal freedom. However, the falling prices of wool and grains affected farmers du to the agricultural depression of that time. Grain fell by 12% while wool fell by 30%.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.