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I have thought for some time that there is a large fraction of the USA population who aren't really wild about democracy, even in the flabby and corrupt version
by ElfinTrousers 4y ago
I have thought for some time that there is a large fraction of the USA population who aren't really wild about democracy, even in the flabby and corrupt version practiced here. They'd rather have, on a subconscious level, a king and aristocracy ruling them. Here we have Blackrock doing their part by trying to reintroduce feudalism.
- elforce002 4y agoThat's disgusting. The scary thing is that you're probably right.
- indigochill 4y agoIn feudalism, all things being average, a vassal benefits from loyalty to a lord because the lord provides protection (because the lord considers the vassal's land ultimately theirs and the vassal primarily as a steward of it). Corporations buying up and renting real estate is worse than feudalism because you're just paying them for the right to live in a place. Protection such as it is is "outsourced" to the police, but the police don't actually have a material incentive to keep the peace either because they get tax money one way or the other. If anything, some crime is good for business because it provides political leverage to call for more tax money. So please, let's bring on feudalism because it would actually align incentives far better than what we have now.