The New Order Serfdom
In an excellent article on the New World Order Capitalist Powergrab, the point is made that the ensuing class struggle may well lead to a sort of neo-Feudalism. There will be the Haves in their gated communities and Have Nots, or Serfs, outside, poor, exploited, and powerless. A glance at the comments to the post show the post itself to be tame in discussing the problems the world is facing.
In many ways, we are already Serfs of the New World Order. But, if the world were to devolve to a sort of Feudalism, I am not so sure those in power are as powerful as they think. Cloistered away in their gated communities with private armies, power and wealth will do them no good when the functions of gated communities–the infrastructure–are in reality run and controlled by the serfs. Who will cut their lawns, grow their food, drain their septic systems, provide them with starched collars? Should it come to class warfare, the breakdown of civilization as we know it, a new era of slavery, will the elite actually be up to the challenge they are setting themselves?
12th Century feudal lords were used to a hard life. They earned their castles through warfare and distinction. How will an AIG Executive fare in ordering a new peasantry to grow his food, shield him from gunfire, man the gates of¬† the cul-de-sac? If enough serfs revolt, the reign¬† of corporate power would be over. The quickest way for the serfs to seize power would be to lay siege to the gated communities–stop the Nieman Marcus¬† delivery vans, the bottled water company, the shop-at-home grocer. Cut the phones, the power, back up the septic. Those within can have all the ammunition they want, all the video-security systems, and toys they need, they can still be starved out. The well-healed corporate raider, for all his vainglorious self-image of power, is useless in real-world applications of survival. I fear they realize this, which is why control over farmers, blue-collar workers, and liberal thinkers has always been at the heart of power struggles.
Let’s hope it never comes to this. Let’s hope some common sense and sanity return to the world and the motto, “Live and let live” rules the day. Until then, let’s work to make sure this never happens, let’s prevent “them” from bankrupting our future any more, and let’s learn to be a bit more self-sufficient¬† just in case.
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I agree that Madoff and the rest of the Wall St. Shyster Club would not be able to survive in a post-industrial feudalistic society. They ride in balloons lifted with the hot air of the false economies they create. There is no substance behind their air of power and influence. Mere shells of men.
No, I think the real winners in that sort of situation would be the mafioso. They already live in a feudal society, they are bound by loyalty even to laying down their lives to protect the “king.” They understand how to operate under the radar, how to win hearts and minds, recruiting, fundamental economies, familial and geographic sufficiency and loyalty. The best we on the outside could hope for is to eke out enough production and manufacturing in our own little corners of the world to feed and clothe ourselves and to pay the “taxes” which would be imposed on us by our organized masters.
Let’s hope we find a sensible middle path between Nanny State and Fat Tonyville.
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