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I don't think you understand what feudalism was/is...

by rvo 9y ago

knuththetruth 9y ago
No, I think I do. And so do a number of Silicon Valley "luminaries": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
- rvo 9y ago
  I have no idea why you linked that. The two comments you have posted make absolutely no sense. Non sequitors. Why did you use feudalism first, and then some weird alt right stuff second? What's going through your mind?
  - jadedhacker 9y ago
    The idea is that feudal ideologies are making a comeback with the rise of an aristocratic class. These ideologies are finding support amongst the (conservative/reactionary) lower classes as they try to process why their lives are getting shittier without being provided a clear logical explanation. Thus they reach backwards for older more authoritarian models to try to restore their power. What is missing is the narrative of class struggle. From the linked wikipedia article: "It broadly rejects egalitarianism and the view that history shows inevitable progression towards greater liberty and enlightenment (thus, it is in part a reaction against "Whig historiography").[1][2] The movement favors a return to older societal constructs and forms of government, including support for monarchism or other forms of strong, centralised leadership such as a "neocameralist CEO"[3] of a joint-stock republic,[4] coupled with a right-libertarian, conservative or other approach to economics."
  - icebraining 9y ago
    There is an idea circulating that the political system in the US is turning into a "neo-feudalism", pushed by a mix of those alt-right "theorists" and some of the new rich. How much of this "neo-feudalism" shares with actual feudalism is not clear to me. See https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-feudalism-benefits-a-few-at-the-expense-of-the-multitude https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-feudalism-bene... https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/07/new-feudalism-fred-bauer/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/07/new-feudalism-fred-ba... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/the-age-of-neofeudalism_b_2566546.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/the-age-of-n...
    - rvo 9y ago
      National review and Huffington Post agreeing on something. Wow.

I don't think you understand what feudalism was/is...

by rvo 9y ago

I don't think you understand what feudalism was/is...

No, I think I do. And so do a number of Silicon Valley "luminaries": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment

rvo 9y ago
I have no idea why you linked that. The two comments you have posted make absolutely no sense. Non sequitors. Why did you use feudalism first, and then some weird alt right stuff second? What's going through your mind?
- jadedhacker 9y ago
  The idea is that feudal ideologies are making a comeback with the rise of an aristocratic class. These ideologies are finding support amongst the (conservative/reactionary) lower classes as they try to process why their lives are getting shittier without being provided a clear logical explanation. Thus they reach backwards for older more authoritarian models to try to restore their power. What is missing is the narrative of class struggle. From the linked wikipedia article: "It broadly rejects egalitarianism and the view that history shows inevitable progression towards greater liberty and enlightenment (thus, it is in part a reaction against "Whig historiography").[1][2] The movement favors a return to older societal constructs and forms of government, including support for monarchism or other forms of strong, centralised leadership such as a "neocameralist CEO"[3] of a joint-stock republic,[4] coupled with a right-libertarian, conservative or other approach to economics."
- icebraining 9y ago
  There is an idea circulating that the political system in the US is turning into a "neo-feudalism", pushed by a mix of those alt-right "theorists" and some of the new rich. How much of this "neo-feudalism" shares with actual feudalism is not clear to me. See https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-feudalism-benefits-a-few-at-the-expense-of-the-multitude https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-feudalism-bene... https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/07/new-feudalism-fred-bauer/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2014/07/new-feudalism-fred-ba... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/the-age-of-neofeudalism_b_2566546.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/the-age-of-n...
  - rvo 9y ago
    National review and Huffington Post agreeing on something. Wow.