Chójźina<p>Let#s try and simplify it:</p><p>1) Late-stage <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> </p><p>It is fucked, you guys! It is fucked and fucked up. IT ALWAYS WAS. Capitalism NEVER worked for all of society because it can't. Capitalism has EXPLOITATION at its core, and I think we can logically surmise that at the VERY LEAST capitalism does not work for the exploited and therefore is not a just and fair way of living.</p><p>There was about a 20 year period it SEEMED to work in the 'imperial core' (aka Western society) but maybe ask around so-called 'undeveloped countries' or 'the third world' countries. After you did your research, consider calling them the exploited countries. (oh, and maybe note the skin colour of its inhabitants....it's kinda eye-opening) <br>By the way, the ONLY reason most white folk in the imperial core thought the whole charade was working? Social fucking welfare. Which was fought for and obtained because 'the left' clawed it out of greedy capitalists hands for you!</p><p>Enter Thatcher and Reagan, and POOF....<br>Ever since those two that security is practically gone. <br>Which leads to the weird state of things that conservatives dream of the 50s to 70s while they worship the two idiots that basically took it from them.</p><p>The effects of neoliberalism were slowed for a decade because the Wall came down and the whole theatre had 'new markets' to conquer. The whole system fell over East Europe like locusts hollowing out every societal fabric that existed. The fattest winners of that period we now call 'oligarchs', and the king of the oligarchs now rules Russia. <br>Some people STILL conjure up pictures of Soviets when they speak about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> but the truth is, you are fighting - as is custom - a villain you have created yourself.</p><p>Which brings us here....where it is ABSOLUTELY fucking clear that capitalism is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> with a few extra steps. There is the 1% who are RICHER than God and who are constantly shoved into your face as the alleged result of 'hard work', and there is us....the peasants that break our backs and ultimately fight the wars.</p><p>We have loads of names for the shitty things (e.g. enshittification) but ultimately what we mean is exploitation. We talk around like this is a new thing but what we actually mean is that we cannot reconcile that it is happening here in the middle of the Empire TO US when we thought we had outsourced the suffering to brown people, huh?</p><p>2) Capitalism works on the idea of INFINITE growth while we all know that we have FINITE resources. Any fucking scientist will tell you that this is IMPOSSIBLE. In fact, you don't need a doctorate to recognize the hitch.</p><p>In order to obscure this problem, we drill deeper and greedily extract every morsel we can take from Mother.</p><p>In short: this is literally what is causing climate change and its devastating effects. Scientists can give you the details but this is the most simplified version of what is happening.</p><p>Short summary: On a macro-level these two problems are the two greatest dangers to humankind. The exploitation of the masses for the benefit of the few while we fuck up our planet, our fucking home. This is caused by capitalism and it CANNOT be solved by capitalism because the two CORE problems are BAKED INTO it. If you COULD take these problems out of capitalism it would cease to BE capitalism.</p><p>It has to go. You HAVE TO let go of it.</p><p>3) The rest, by the way, plays out the same fucking way in EVERY Western country right now.</p><p>- the mega-rich recognize that they cannot hide the scam from the peasants anymore<br>- they buy up anything that forms opinions (aka 'the media')<br>- suddenly the media does not report on them anymore other than their lavish parties (MET gala, anyone?)<br>- suddenly the media seems to be full of fear and hatred for 'the others'<br>- the others seem to ALWAYS be - in no order - LGTBQ+ folk (currently: the Trans community), woman (always attacked as 'feminism' whenever a woman still has choices over herself), disabled people or the classic: race ...only then come heterosexual white people usually in the form of attacking 'welfare kings & queens'<br>- these others are constantly depicted as 'everything that's wrong these days' ....et voila....Culture Wars</p><p>What follows is the grifters and charlatans that want to steer the anger for their benefit because they want to be part of the elite. Suddenly, there rises a movement that is primarily lead by old, white, heterosexual men and exhibits ALL hallmarks of Umberto Ecco's most important piece of writing. The essay is called 'Ur-Fascism' and that should tell you EVERYTHING.</p><p>The ultra-wealthy than feed this movement because it is the perfect distraction. They fund the bullshit. The media constantly shows you the bullshit. And they laugh and laugh and laugh that you still worship Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Oh how they laugh about you when you buy old Swift songs again under the guise of "Taylor's version".</p><p>And then the rich fumble the leash they have their attack dogs on, and all that hatred stirred up turns into blood. But somehow it does not feed on the 1%. There is juicier prey.....us.</p><p>So where does that leave us, huh? Easy.</p><p>- get a library card or listen to the people who for decades have used theirs and have already read 200 years worth of literature about the topic<br>- use culture war bullshit to recognize who the people are that you ally with<br>- yes, that's right....you do not argue that minorities have to be left by the wayside for your normalcy; you fucking ally with them<br>- yes, that means learning things about yourself that are uncomfortable and it ain't easy<br>- you fight with them, you fight for them because Niemöller was a piece of shit but THIS is the lesson you can take from his shitty poem you constantly quote<br>- you fight fascism in whatever form you can do but you do not shut up about it<br>- you drop the notion that somehow this will be done without violence or within the constraints of the law or courts<br>- you accept that fascism and bigotry will never go away but we can drive it back into hiding</p><p>Once we put the fascists back into their place, we finally turn and deal with the uber-rich and think about how we want to rebuild society. </p><p>And hear me out, once we are THERE we can have in-depth discussions about how that's supposed to look like. And wow, some of these ideas will sound far-fetched and utopian. And you will think that only mad people would think this will work.</p><p>See, on that topic I'd like to paraphrase a dude the ultra-wealthy annoyed us with during the lockdowns:</p><p>You may think we are dreamers, but we are not the only ones.</p>
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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> is a perfect example of why <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> is actually just a synonym for <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a>.</p><p>The corporate <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> companies are the perfect example of why <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> is actually just a specific case of <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a>. </p><p>In all of these cases, the only variable is scale—how many people each private owner or administrator can rule over by fiat, with impunity.</p><p>"Well, if you don't like it, then move," is not <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a>.</p>
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p><a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a>, when it is applied at the national level to ethnic, racial, or immigration status results inevitably in <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> is a specific case of <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a>, in which the rightful control of territory belongs only to a specific group of people, defined by genetic heritage/purity, justified by divine providence, "destiny", or conquest.</p><p>Once you accept the idea that only a certain people can own a certain place, you can justify denying legal rights to any outsider. <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>The difference between <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> & <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> really amounts to a difference of scale.</p><p>If you think you should have complete control over others within some domain that you own, but that no one should have any control over you within that domain, this is called <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hierarchy</span></a>, and you are not a libertarian, you are an authoritarian. That's <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a>.</p><p>The libertarian philosophy is that no one should have or exert any control over anyone else, period. In other words, <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equality</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Dave Fenichel<p>What would Americans' lives look like, if they were given the same freedom to make rational & informed choices that people have in civilized countries — without the dictates of overprivileged fascists?<br><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/regressionIsPlunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regressionIsPlunder</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/fascismIsCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascismIsCover</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/disruptionIsDeflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruptionIsDeflection</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/redistributionIsStrategic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redistributionIsStrategic</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/dismantlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dismantlement</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/plunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plunder</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberty</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicServicesArePublicGoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicServicesArePublicGoods</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/publicSavingsArePublicWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicSavingsArePublicWealth</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/artOfTheSteal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artOfTheSteal</span></a></p>
Max-auf-der-Rax<p>And it's a worldwide phenomenon ... now. <br>„There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy.“ (Thomas Jefferson, third US president, architect, and author - 13 Apr 1743-1826)</p><p><a href="https://literatur.social/tags/ThomasJefferson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasJefferson</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>How the Center-Left is Responsible for the Rise of Fascism<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Zeteo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeteo</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Poltics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poltics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Techno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Techno</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MafiaEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MafiaGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYBnSPX3BMo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=GYBnSPX3BM</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
Licho<p>Few years ago I was thinking that it's impossible for the prices of real estate to forever go up in price, because that's what's been happening before the #2007 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crysis</span></a> and it resulted in the great crysis. So naturally, if the prices seem to be doing exactly the same thing again, it will come down crashing again. That was my expectation. </p><p>I forgot that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> is an option. The reason 2007 crysis happened was that they messed up. They won't mess up again. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anticapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anticapitalism</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BarelySatire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarelySatire</span></a> </p><p>> Trump to ‘reignite’ US economy with introduction of Feudalism <a href="https://newsthump.com/2025/04/07/trump-to-reignite-us-economy-with-introduction-of-feudalism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsthump.com/2025/04/07/trump</span><span class="invisible">-to-reignite-us-economy-with-introduction-of-feudalism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PendejoInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PendejoInChief</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a></p>
Chójźina<p>Saying that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> et al want to drag us back to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> is a bit awkward.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> is feudalism; just with a few extra, obfuscating steps. The neoliberal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a> are just removing these extra steps.</p>
Miss Gayle<p>Yep. We're doomed.</p><p>PODCAST excerpt:<br>The Mad Scramble for Power: Global Superpowers’ Strategies for Energy, Economics, and War.</p><p>Podcast link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-24/the-mad-scramble-for-power-global-superpowers-strategies-for-energy-economics-and-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2025-03</span><span class="invisible">-24/the-mad-scramble-for-power-global-superpowers-strategies-for-energy-economics-and-war/</span></a></p><p>PDF Transcript link: <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/67ddcf598c35381c0dcb96d5/1742589786506/RR+16+Transcript+%28The+Mad+Scramble+for+Power%29.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static1.squarespace.com/static</span><span class="invisible">/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/67ddcf598c35381c0dcb96d5/1742589786506/RR+16+Transcript+%28The+Mad+Scramble+for+Power%29.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resources</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PeakOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeakOil</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PeakEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeakEverything</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DeIndustrialization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeIndustrialization</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/InfoTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoTech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>PODCAST:<br>The Mad Scramble for Power: Global Superpowers’ Strategies for Energy, Economics, and War.</p><p>"If you wanna understand why the geopolitical fragmentation is going on...we're sort of in a race to the bottom to get what's left [of oil reserves in the ground]."</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-24/the-mad-scramble-for-power-global-superpowers-strategies-for-energy-economics-and-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2025-03</span><span class="invisible">-24/the-mad-scramble-for-power-global-superpowers-strategies-for-energy-economics-and-war/</span></a></p><p>PDF Transcript: <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/67ddcf598c35381c0dcb96d5/1742589786506/RR+16+Transcript+%28The+Mad+Scramble+for+Power%29.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static1.squarespace.com/static</span><span class="invisible">/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/67ddcf598c35381c0dcb96d5/1742589786506/RR+16+Transcript+%28The+Mad+Scramble+for+Power%29.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resources</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PeakOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeakOil</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PeakEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeakEverything</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DeIndustrialization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeIndustrialization</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/InfoTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoTech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a></p>
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>Here's what's going to happen when our services are privatized. First, some services will just be gone. Public good services that aren't seen as profitable will be gone. That's things like Social Security. Why would a billionaire get involved with that? They'll just steal the existing funds and shut it down. Second, services that we already paid for with our taxes, which could be monetized, like NOAA, we'll still pay for but we'll pay lots more and we'll pay it monthly like a cable company. We'll end up with a whole list of new service "subscriptions" for everything from the weather to schools. And our taxes will NOT go down because we'll still be paying for billionaires and mega corps to pay NO taxes just like we do now, while the government continues to operate things like the DOD (which will itself be pared down, sold off in parts, and augmented with billionaire-owned privateers). This new country the billionaires want is a return to feudalism in which you will owe your liege lords all kinds of money every month while scrabbling to keep your families alive, with all the "services for the public good" gone. <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/corrupion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corrupion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/networkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networkState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/darkEnlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkEnlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
fcr<p>A sign of strange times when Steve Bannon, of all people, (sort of) nails the description of the Silicon Valley oligarchy and techno feudalism:</p><p><a href="https://spectra.video/w/q5WnSTA2LKg1JL7gF3F7hs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectra.video/w/q5WnSTA2LKg1JL</span><span class="invisible">7gF3F7hs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
InspiredByBlackElk<p>Just going to hypothesize something here... for posterity and accountability to weird strategic thoughts I have when I try to channel this Musk creep. The tech-bro's have already taken over. That is why they are now sending the DOGE teams with armed escorts and guns to smash small offices of the government. Trump is the vindictive figurehead. It's the tech lords running the show, and they're going to do a deal with China to get rid of Putin.</p><p>🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🔀 🇷🇺 </p><p>I'm open to the possibility of something beyond shocking happening. There have already been rumors of revaluing the gold at Fort Knox, restructuring the debt, a national cryptocurrency... </p><p>What about, a merger / joint venture with China and the US becomes a total one-party state, USA Inc. They'll leave the illusion of elections, and the Dems will continue to be the useful idiots as they have been for a decade. </p><p>The game is no longer Dem vs. Rep. There will be no normal midterms. The struggle at the top is between the Christian Nationalists, the technofascist (Nation State) crowd, and the MAGA base that Bannon leads. Think of Bannon's people as the brown shirts they'll eventually use to silence dissent.</p><p>Imagine a chip-access deal or some sort of organized takeover of Taiwan (stripping the island of its sovereignty in Trump fashion) over a set period of time for USA, Inc. to be able to scale semiconductor fabs.</p><p>The culture war is a distraction. The rich are stealing the future. :earth: :NoNazis: :ExtinctionRebellion: :NonCommercialUS: </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hypothetical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypothetical</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TechNate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/thiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thiel</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Andreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andreessen</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Ellision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ellision</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a></p>
Medievalists.net<p>We have an in-depth article by Richard Abels that looks at the idea and debate around 'feudalism'. It is a great read. <a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/historiography-feudalism-medieval-historian/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medievalists.net/2025/03/histo</span><span class="invisible">riography-feudalism-medieval-historian/</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a></p>
The Dialectical Communist 🇵🇸🇾🇪<p>Kiss</p><p>By <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/zachweinersmith.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zachweinersmith.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/kiss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">smbc-comics.com/comic/kiss</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoons</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/monarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prince</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/classes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classes</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>The chaos you're seeing in the US results from the ongoing death of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> as they knew it</p><p>But unlike socialist theory claims, it's not being replaced by communism but a reversion back to <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> </p><p>The 2008 bailouts changed the game. A guarantee of stockmarket growth was now backed by tax dollars</p><p>The endless growth backstop prioritized fast scaling in 2010's to form monopolies</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platforms</span></a> now rent people even their job, with no market in between</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtrNXdlraM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gqtrNXdlra</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Catarina Lourenço<p>And if you haven't been paying attention <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/power-dressing-silicon-valleys-macho-makeover-is-a-warning-not-a-trend/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/power-dressing</span><span class="invisible">-silicon-valleys-macho-makeover-is-a-warning-not-a-trend/</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/altright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>altright</span></a></p>
Harold Smith<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@muellertadzio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>muellertadzio</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Kipppunkt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Kipppunkt</span></a></span> apropos Dune. Audiobook of George Guidall is the best :)<br>"Dune has an important aspect to tell about the current state of planet earth alongside its leading disruptive species. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> in its radical intrusion of the living net on this planet is the accelerated reverse of what the Fremen under Liet Keynes are trying to accomplish on Arrakis, and so a potential prophecy on what future species could reach for on earth."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/phrophecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phrophecy</span></a></p>
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