The world’s elite hierarchy has become totally focused on fake ideals and driven by a desire for more and more wealth. It’s so refreshing to visit places where the minds of people have not been polluted by this incessant desire for greatness and the increasing need to display wealth through a collection of what are usually totally unnecessary belongings.
I count myself very fortunate coming from a background of historic wealth and was born into this world with what some may describe as a silver spoon. However, being brought up in what was a fairly strict philosophy and regimental lifestyle, I like to think I was educated to appreciate what we had and never ever to flaunt it.
The memories I have from those early years are protected by just a few dozen black and white and early Kodak colour photographs plus a number of small mementos of no real value, but a lifeline to my past and something that I will treasure and be able to show to future generations, telling tales of how we got to where we are today.
We are ultimately born into this world as flesh and bone and all of equal value. Ultimately, we will pass into whatever realm we believe maybe out there following our death with nothing other than that same flesh and bones we started out life with.
In order for either individuals or institutions to reap rewards, it usually comes at great cost on the other side of the wealth generation equation. The “engine room” consisting of employees, workers or contractors needed to plant, tend, harvest or drive the ship are often more than likely struggling to pay their day to day bills and unable to build out a sufficient nest egg that will keep them in good stead to their final end of days. Is that really fair?
Considering typical corporate hierarchy today, in my opinion, the world has entered what could be characterised as a modern day feudalistic society and as such we might just as well be back in medieval times as the wealth of this great planet is still under the control of too few of a minority. Whether or not Governments profess to have wiped out these unpleasant epidemics, as with any disease, they tend to always reappear in different disguises.
Just as a reminder of what feudalism consisted of and how it was and could be structured, below is a simple table defining examples of several core components both ancient and modern.
| Medieval Feudalism | Modern Day Feudalism |
| Lords | Business Owners / CEOs / Leaders |
| Vassals (usually knights or other liege subjects) | Management / Politicians / Body Guards & Other Side Kicks |
| Fiefs (feudal estate) | Corporate Entities / Companies / Land / Estates |
| Serfs (peasant workers) | Production line staff / Rank & File Population / Soldiers |
| Feudal Dues (payments from serfs / vassals to lords) | Profits & dividends & other such dues or taxes for ultimate beneficial owners and CEOs etc |
As we know from history books, the Medieval “Lords” of our past often tended to be very greedy and build out kingdoms or extensive estates, all at the cost of the peasants who worked their land and who if required, might even be called upon to defend their fiefs through compulsory military service.
It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to cast a similar shadow on today’s modern corporate world and how even politicians are in effect minor vassals, unable to control the lords and masters of their fiefdoms, major institutions or even dictatorial regimes that are the absolute epitome of modern day feudalism.
For thousands of years, only a handful of righteous thinkers and revolutionaries have tried to seek ways to “break the camels back” and find solutions whereby we can live in harmony and have a more balanced distribution of wealth. In most cases, these often colourful individuals have been silenced in one way or another, as they remained far too controversial and not acting in their Lords interests. However, someday soon and thinking rationally (particularly as todays “Serfs” will become less and less essential in the modern day feudal system, due to improved technology and innovation), we will need to find new methods of distributing wealth to the greater populous, for just remaining at home.
This is a hypothesis that more than likely falls on deaf ears and is probably tossed from one bin to another in the hope that it will just disappear.
Will we see a modern day “peasants revolt” or will our leaders look to silence such resonance through the undertaking of more drastic action or other unpleasant measures. Only time will tell. Unfortunately, time is running out fast and the unpleasantness of modern day feudalism is already being broadcast across the globe on a daily basis.
Need I say more!!