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Vengeance of the serfs, an engraving by Charles Michel Geoffroy, 1845

How Coronavirus Pandemic is Bringing a Return to Feudalism

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many things, but also accelerated America’s descent into a new form of feudalism. The preexisting conditions of extreme economic concentration, inequality and reduced social mobility already were painfully evident before, but the pandemic has made them considerably worse.
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Preserving Opportunity for the Global Middle Class

On the first episode of the Feudal Future podcast, Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky break down what it means to live in a feudal society, why we're headed towards one, and what we can do to start reversing the trends.
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The Coronavirus is Also Spreading a Dark New Era of Neo-Feudalism

The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the global shift already underway towards a neo-feudal society, characterized by declining social mobility and greater concentrations of power. In the neo-Feudal world, as in its Medieval predecessor, the middle class loses its primacy...
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