Neo-feudalism: A system of extreme variation in control and ownership of persons and property, where a small elite consolidates power—often under the guise of holding it “in trust” for the people—while the majority face diminished autonomy, conditional access to resources, and feudal-like obligations. Instead of securing Creator-endowed rights, the State subsumes individuals under elitist control.
Core theme: centralized control via force, law, regulation, digital enclosure, or debt—never individual liberty.
Two forms:
* Traditional: 20th-century statism via bureaucratic/ideological lords; enforced by party, army, cult. Examples: socialism, communism, fascism.
* Modern: digital/financial capitalism via platforms, patents, protocols; binding through interface, debt, data. Examples: techno-feudalism, corporate neo-feudalism, rentier neo-feudalism.
All claim “good intentions” of restoring the bliss of mediated poverty (“you will own nothing, and like it”)—one through iron, the other through silicon—but none honors the free individual.
Core theme: centralized control via force, law, regulation, digital enclosure, or debt—never individual liberty.
Two forms:
* Traditional: 20th-century statism via bureaucratic/ideological lords; enforced by party, army, cult. Examples: socialism, communism, fascism.
* Modern: digital/financial capitalism via platforms, patents, protocols; binding through interface, debt, data. Examples: techno-feudalism, corporate neo-feudalism, rentier neo-feudalism.
All claim “good intentions” of restoring the bliss of mediated poverty (“you will own nothing, and like it”)—one through iron, the other through silicon—but none honors the free individual.
While the desire of humanity is “no kings”, it self-imposes the oligarchies of neo-feudalism through abdication of the responsibilities upon which liberty is based.
by KGdG November 4, 2025
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