but we must distinguish b/t absolutism and feudalism; the latter is in principle at least, decentralized,& freedom maximizing, while the former is a kind of proto-totalitarianism. For the most part, european feudalism was never absolutist.
& re: marxism vs feudalism: my idea is that whereas marxism defends the urban, relative working class, feudalism defends the absolute, ur-working class, the farmers and the workers of raw-materials. The small businessman/artisan is not, as marxsists hold, a derivative, mini-version of the decadent upper-classes, but the highest type of the working class, a literal aristocrat of labor, Feudalism shows itself then, to be superior to marxism.
Feudalism? As in, a return to European-style feudalism?
Yes.
(a long term goal albeit, but so is/was marxism)
but we must distinguish b/t absolutism and feudalism; the latter is in principle at least, decentralized,& freedom maximizing, while the former is a kind of proto-totalitarianism. For the most part, european feudalism was never absolutist.
& re: marxism vs feudalism: my idea is that whereas marxism defends the urban, relative working class, feudalism defends the absolute, ur-working class, the farmers and the workers of raw-materials. The small businessman/artisan is not, as marxsists hold, a derivative, mini-version of the decadent upper-classes, but the highest type of the working class, a literal aristocrat of labor, Feudalism shows itself then, to be superior to marxism.