I’m becoming increasingly interested in the idea of neo-feudalism. This came up in a recent MOD workshop and was also the subject of a comment made by Krista in relation to my recent post concerning the world in 2045.

What is neo-feudalism? I’m still trying to figure this out, but it seems to be the idea that modern society is reverting to a feudal structure as typified by life in the middle and late medieval period.

Classically, such a world would display a high level of polarization between the incomes and opportunities at the very top of society and everyone else. This characteristic also came up a few days ago on Radio 4, although unfortunately I was driving and couldn’t write down what was actually said. Anyone else got any thoughts on this?

For a fuller definition see hear.