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"that's not acceptable fiscal policy. it can't happen. at least not in so crass a way."

I'm not sure which way is more crass: the one which allows each individual to decide what is best as an independent economic actor and let economics take place through numerous willing exchanges, or the one in which the lord tells the serfs what's best for them and tries to enforce everything through fiat only to find the serfs cheat on him when he's not looking. Each individual still decides what's best for himself, only now with the coercive policies of his lordship as a factor . . . hence crass ass-kissing and turning the lord's wrath against some other peons become the most important skills.