> The text's theory of history requires a hidden variable that controls the feudalism->capitalism->feudalism process During the industrial and chemical revolut

> The text's theory of history requires a hidden variable that controls the feudalism->capitalism->feudalism process During the industrial and chemical revolutions, the technology to feed a large population outpaced the technology to control large populations. Feudalism fell to capitalism because society became too large to be effectively ordered by feudal lords. But this is now changing thanks to the information technology revolution. With information technology, we are developing a new means of feudalism that scales to billions of people.