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Entry: Goodbye to Politics Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/goodbye_to_politics#13587 Post contents: I, personally, would like to use the term "feudalist", but it would take entirely too much explanation and potential misunderstanding for that to be worthwhile. The main problem is that, in America, there never was a Roman Empire to base any fiefs upon, there was no historical "ruling class", no Roman military garrisons, etc. There was vast amounts of arable land and some "savages", feudalism then was an impossible system - it can not be imposed (nor can liberal democracy, see: Iraq). To say the "company town" was feudalistic is fair, as the term has no real concrete meaning. I suppose it is the latent distributist in me that would love to see the return of the "company town", but with ownership by labor, a co-op, if you will. The problem is, that system never took hold in America. As to why, I always figured it was the lack of good private education available to the general population after the 1860's, and the domination of the public, that is, government run, schools, which was very much against an educated, FREE, population. This continues to this day. In the end, yes, politics, for those of us that support freedom from the State, is over. Expect more "Patient's Bill of Rights", "Employees Bill of Rights", "Customer's Bill of Rights", etc. At least we'll be free from "corporate tyranny". Sent at: 2009 01 07