I don't buy this. No one wants to be a feudal lord in the new Dark Ages. The Dark Ages sucked for everyone. It's much better to be powerful and rich in a capitalist society than in a society full of poverty and illness.

Think about how much you hate the homeless camps edging ever closer to your neighborhood. Now imagine if most of society was like those homeless camps, and the feudal lords would be living behind huge walls with a private army to protect them from revolt every moment of every day. The rich and powerful are smart enough to know this. To a man, they will say no thank you.

I don't buy this. No one wants to be a feudal lord in the new Dark Ages. The Dark Ages sucked for everyone. It's much better to be powerful and rich in a capitalist society than in a society full of poverty and illness.

Think about how much you hate the homeless camps edging ever closer to your neighborhood. Now imagine that being most of society and having to live behind huge walls with a private army to protect you from revolt every moment of every day. The rich and powerful are smart enough to know this. To a man, they will say no thank you.