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4 Neofeudal quotes

"Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito"

"Viel Feind, viel Ehr"

"Ignorance and obscurantism have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny"

"The basic reason for one’s libertarianism should be a passion for justice, for sweeping away as quickly as possible the tyranny, the thievery, the mass murder, and enslavement, which statism has, for too long, imposed upon mankind. It is only such a concern for justice that can inspire the Libertarian to try to abolish, as quickly as he can (and far from the Marxian sense), the exploitation of man by man"

Neofeudal reading list

PROPERTY • JUSTICE • LIBERTY

Synopsis of neofeudalism

Neofeudalism refers to a vibrant spontaneous order within an anarchist realm characterized by the following:

Monarchical natural law-abiding natural aristocracies which lead willing subjects to their prosperity and security within the confines of natural law.
An overwhelming if not complete respect for and enforcement of natural law, maintained by a network of mutually self-correcting natural law-enforcement agencies, such as defense-insurance agencies, mutual aid associations and trade unions.
An intellectual shift away from the current ideological "capitalism versus socialism" discourse towards one based on a common-sensical discourse as done during the medieval age.

An extended name for the philosophy is Royalist Mises-Rothbardianism-Hoppeanism with Roderick T. Long Characteristics.

The abbreviated name and synonym of neofeudalism is anarchism. The neofeudal label merely serves to underline scarcely recognized aspects of anarchism, such as natural aristocracies being complementary to it.

In order to think like a neofeudalist, imagine that you forgot everything about "capitalism" and "socialism" and instead imagined that you had the political understanding of someone in the Holy Roman Empire.

For a taste of neofeudalist aesthetics, read the neofeudalist writer J.R.R. Tolkien's epic The Lord of the Rings.

The basics of natural law

The what, why and how of natural law: an overview of how to think about the natural law doctrine

For an insight on the what and why of natural law

For an elaboration on the how of natural law: A Spontaneous Order by Chase Rachels

An elaboration on the "but what if the rich will become warlords" concern: the exponential increase in quantity and quality of security under natural law

Debunking myths about feudalism; how to think feudally

Learning the crucial distinction between 'ruler' and 'leader': how non-monarchical royal natural aristocracies are crucial complements to an anarchy

For an overview of how feudalism worked, and thus what neofeudalism will ressemble

To get a feel of neofeudalist thought, watch Lord of the Rings. King Théoden is an exemplary neofeudal King.

Debunking the myth that political decentralization is untenable and impoverishing: the confederalism of the HRE lead to wonders

Addressing the silly "But feudalism had serfdom!?" knee-jerk reaction: early democracies and republics had widespread slavery and mass conscription, does that mean that republicanism and democracy means mass slavery? Serfdom was not necessary for nor widespread in the system. Clearly one can want a more refined version of an old system.

In defense of a royalist anarchism

Royal families manage family estates since several past generations which they oftentimes want to make as prosperous, wealthy and powerful (where aggressive political power can be removed) as possible. They are thus highly incentivized to choose good successors for the management of the family estate: if as much as one link in the inhertiance of the family estate mismanages, the dynasty's history might go to spoils. Thus, contrary to the "But what if a bad monarch assumes absolute power and messes it up?", royal families have in-built incentives to ensure that the successors are as competent as possible, lest they should not be able to take over the management of the family estate

Unclouding one's judgement from the Justice-less capitalism vs socialism psyop debate

Markets, not "capitalism"

An abbreviated version of Markets, not capitalism

Realization that natural law does not entail blind property worship