Feudalism is alive and well in the United States

Vernos Branco, Las Vegas

Sunday, April 17, 2011 | 2:01 a.m.

There were people living in towers surrounded by a walled community. They had access to military might, access to food, and the best of health care.

They had little need or wants, being that they were well cared for by their underlings. These people lived inside their walls of protection and reported to a ruler who reigned from afar by wielding the wealth the people controlled.

Outside those walled communities lived the laborers and peasants. They worked for the lords, knights and vassals living inside, tilling the fields and living in squalor.

It’s called feudalism, which by some standards, exists today.

We still have gated communities where the wealthiest of us live; they have access to private police forces, the best of education for their children and premium health care. They’ve lost touch and contact with the real world.

Today’s laborers provide services to those living inside and can only dream of attaining that status. In case any of you missed it, 10th-century feudalism is alive and well in the United States of America.