Are We Modern Serfs? Land, Rent & Feudalism

Is the modern economy quietly replicating feudalism? This episode digs into the structural parallels between medieval land-based extraction and today's rentier capitalism—from enclosure of the commons to hereditary wealth and rental lock-in. We examine how institutional investors buying one in seven U.S. homes mirrors the privatization of shared land, and why Henry George's 19th-century land value tax might be the most radical reform we've never fully tried. A clear-eyed look at wealth, ownership, and whether we can break the cycle.