Mandatory note: Medieval feudalism did not actually believe in trickle-down economics. In medieval feudalism, the laboratores (‘those who work’, the vast majority of medieval society) were supposed to STAY poor and humble in order to provide for the other two castes, the bellatores (‘those who fight’, the nobility) and the oratores (‘those who speak’, the priesthood).
Upward mobility was not unheard of, but it was not meant to be aspirational. You would seek higher station in this SINFUL, EARTHLY realm instead of being content with your lot?! If anything, you should seek to be poorer and more ascetic, to become closer to God! Perhaps some time fasting will purge the devil’s whispers from your ears…
Mandatory note: Medieval feudalism did not actually believe in trickle-down economics. In medieval feudalism, the laboratores (‘those who work’, the vast majority of medieval society) were supposed to STAY poor and humble in order to provide for the other two castes, the bellatores (‘those who fight’, the nobility) and the oratores (‘those who speak’, the priesthood).
Upward mobility was not unheard of, but it was not meant to be aspirational. You would seek higher station in this SINFUL, EARTHLY realm instead of being content with your lot?! If anything, you should seek to be poorer and more ascetic, to become closer to God! Perhaps some time fasting will purge the devil’s whispers from your ears…