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the feudal system leads to economic stagnation because it isn’t in the interests of either feudal serfs or their lords to maximize profits.[70] The serfs’ priority was to produce enough food to survive. As a result, they adopted a risk-averse subsistence strategy. Their strips of land were spread across different fields, reducing the danger that the whole harvest would be damaged by disease, bad weather or marauding animals.
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