🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works to > Greentext@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoAnon notices the "grass is always greener" trope in moviessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1885arrow-down139
arrow-up1846arrow-down1imageAnon notices the "grass is always greener" trope in moviessh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works to > Greentext@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareHerrVorragend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·9 months ago“Stadtluft macht frei” but yes, everything else is spot on.
minus-squarethe_third@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·9 months agoThe background back then was, that citizens of towns weren’t owned by anyone in the feudal system unlike people that lived outside the walls.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 months agoThere were free peasants outside cities. The specific reason is a serf could run away to a city, and if he managed to stay long enough, he stopped being a serf and became a citizen.
“Stadtluft macht frei” but yes, everything else is spot on.
The background back then was, that citizens of towns weren’t owned by anyone in the feudal system unlike people that lived outside the walls.
There were free peasants outside cities. The specific reason is a serf could run away to a city, and if he managed to stay long enough, he stopped being a serf and became a citizen.