peasantry, n.All

The Peasantry (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠plenty of literature written about it and almost none written by it.

The Peasantry (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠formed by the simple addition of equal magnitudes, much as potatoes in a sack form a sack of potatoes.

Peasantry (n.) adhered ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unreflectively to the nation's customs and trusted their natural leaders, in Hegel's view; they did not need to be at the centre of decision to feel the result was theirs.