Are We On The Verge Of Technofeudalism?⚡️

You forgot the fifth pillar of society – money.

20:40 Corporate rulers … Anyone reminded of that great (?) 70s movie Rollerball? You know, a world where the corporations own the rollerball teams … as well as everything else. Jonathon! Jonathon! Jonathon! 😂 Oh, wait, I guess we’ve had it all along … can you say FIFA or NFL or MLB?

The not-knowing is actually a very good parallel between medieval serfs and today's precariat: the point being that you are unable to imagine a different social environment, your world is just given, objective, absolute. When freedom is unthinkable, litterally not possible to be thought of, that's the ultimate prison.

So, back then, serfs were serfs because God made the world this way, period. The hierarchy was obvious, ubiquitous and advertised everywere.
Today, we just accept to be forever in debt because this is supposedly the natural state, that's free market bro, that's how the world works, period. Can't even get near to the level of life your parents had? So you're just lazy, right? Work harder, take bigger loans, get a better job, etc. (certainly DO NOT think that maybe this situation is somehow caused by external factors).

Well, no. This situation is entirely artificial, it is a fabricated lie. The same kind of lie as the one about god's order making you a serf. If you go back just a few decades, it didn't work this way. People used to own their homes, were able to raise kids, had a feeling of security. Not a feeling of beeing in the pocket of the financial elite.

I know it’s not a science question but if I could have the answer to one thing, it would be taxation
It seems that taxes continuously outpace the modern day middle class income pay raises. They’ve been doing this since I was a child doesn’t matter if I make 2% 3% or 4% in a raise the taxes that come from that seemed to raise right in line then you got the government demanding minimum wage go up And the second that minimum wage goes up their taxes skyrocket toward the minimum wage workers just make more money, but they don’t have more money so I would like to know what is the maximum taxation that the government can impose on the people both federally and statewide taxes where it’s going to be the breaking point of society

Um, yes. They have been building the structure for it for decades.

Private schools are only better if the government is not funding and managing the public schools properly.
In Australia we have a lot of great public schools (it kinds depends on the are you live), and a lot of the time you send your kids to private school if you want them to have a religious education or something else specific.

In Brazil, the public universities are funded by tax and they are renowned for being excellent, there are very few private universities that are on the same level of public universities.
Usually private universities are for people who want to get a degree more easily it they can't commit enough time to study.

I’m not bringing children into this kind of existence.

I agree with your statement that cites were built for cars. I'm surprised you didn't mention, The Line, a city being designed from the ground up to be a commuter friendly city. Of course the downside of that is getting out of the city to travel or do other things. Something I do not think designers take into account.

This idea that Texas or America invests in the needs of Texans… Ugh…

William Gibson was way ahead of his time.

Oh this was 5 months ago!

Bill Gates. Really?