Has America become a modern example of Feudal society?

2016-10-26T15:06:38-04:00

With the lack of accountability to the people of our elected officials, the gap in income between the top an bottom in society, the number of people on welfare, homelessness, and all the other myriad factors dividing America, Is it possible that we are becoming what our founding fathers rebelled against?

https://www.britannica.com/topic/feudalism

feudalism | social system

Historiographic construct designating the social, economic, and political conditions in western Europe during the early Middle Ages, the long stretch of time between the 5th and...

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 26 at 2016 3:08 PM

2016-10-26T15:08:43-04:00

Some would/could argue that we never really left the Feudal system.

Response by SSG Derrick L. Lewis MBA, C-HRM made Oct 26 at 2016 3:10 PM

2016-10-26T15:10:20-04:00

PO3 Steven Sherrill -It's funny and ironic that you developed this particular topic of discussion as this was the same exact information that I was evaluating no less than an hour ago. Our economic posture is currently suffering and headed south unless some drastic changes are made. Made me realize that I have to work twice as hard for my family and attaining my Doctorate degree is no longer a seesaw of an option. Thanks for the share, my good friend.

Response by Sgt Wayne Wood made Oct 26 at 2016 3:20 PM

2016-10-26T15:20:52-04:00

Can't call it feudalism... we peasants can move when we don't like our local lords. While we may be rabble, we're an armed rabble...

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Oct 26 at 2016 3:26 PM

2016-10-26T15:26:43-04:00

I think there is just too much being done to keep the rich rich and the poor dependent on the government teat.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 26 at 2016 3:26 PM

2016-10-26T15:26:54-04:00

believe our society is still one in which a person can move upward based on his/her work and effort.

I realize many will not believe this. My question is if you can't improve your state why can't you? And is that reason a valid one?

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Oct 26 at 2016 3:52 PM

2016-10-26T15:52:00-04:00

Well, yeah. The Tories are regaining the upper hand. Not feudalism, but rather a tyranny. Not George III, but rather a tyranny of the intelligentsia who are a "better sort" than We the People. There's still the bones of a constitutional republic but it has been buried in a cancer of bureaucracy. Those of us who wish to peel away the excess government better get cracking. Our children are already being turned against us by a Progressive Movement that is indoctrinating them every day in our schools and colleges.

Response by SGT David Baker made Oct 26 at 2016 3:53 PM

2016-10-26T15:53:59-04:00

There is no "gap" between the top and bottom of society. There is the spectrum where the rest of us live.

Response by SFC George Smith made Oct 26 at 2016 10:05 PM

2016-10-26T22:05:37-04:00

does not miss it by much...

Response by 1LT William Clardy made Oct 27 at 2016 6:04 PM

2016-10-27T18:04:39-04:00

We're not becoming what the founding fathers rebelled against, but our society is becoming more ossified, with regulation and fear limiting our social and economic mobility.

http://www.mauldineconomics.com/outsidethebox/restoring-americas-economic-mobility

Restoring America’s Economic Mobility

I can remember writing in the ’90s and early 2000s that one of the great things about the United States was our economic mobility. By that term,…