(ReadWith) : NeoFeudalism

Foreign Affairs article :

• http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060501faessay85307/john-rapley/the-new-middle-ages.html (Also TheWorldOfHipHop)

• NickCarr comments : http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/05/welcome_back_to.php

• full mirror (may be temporary) : http://afr.com/articles/2006/05/18/1147545455042.html

(The emphasis on the information economy aspects makes this pretty much NetoCracy.)

Hmmm. I wonder if this is why role-playing gamers (who are steeped in virtual medievalism (look at guilds in MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRoleplayingGames etc.) are psychologically ready for this world? (Counter : or will they just miss the differences between medievalism and NetoCracy ... hence rabidly pro-war. Iraq-as-Mordor comparisons.)

• FourthGenerationWarVsNeoFeudalism

MichaelBauwens compares PostCapitalism to the rise of feudalism.

JohnRobb has some disturbing analysis of OnlineFealty and the role it plays in the next evolution of GlobalGuerrillas

See also :

• OnFeudalism

• Medieval Theme Park : http://bhfi.1st.net/

• FeudalSecurity

• DarkAges

• I'm not down with GeeksForMonarchy