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[–]NeoRail 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

As I already said feudalism could be the greatest system ever and neo feudalism would still be a good term to describe what modern society is developing into.

No, it would not. "Neo-Feudalism" literally means "new feudalism". It is extremely obvious why referring to the current system as "neo-feudalism" brings to mind the feudal era, and how associations are in this way formed between the feudal and neoliberal eras.

[–]JuliusCaesar225Nationalist + Socialist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It means new and different and is often used in a derogatory way when it comes to politics, a way to imply that the new version is an inferior bastardized version of the original.

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Can you give an example?

[–]JuliusCaesar225Nationalist + Socialist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Neo liberal or Neo marxist, very few would ever identify as neo liberal or neo marxist.

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I do not think either of those are valid examples that demonstrate your point. At the very least, it is clear that they refer to similar ideas, not to different ones. Neoliberalism truly takes after the spirit of liberalism, rather than that of the social democracy which came after it. Neo-Marxism, despite being a purely polemical term, also aims to establish a Marxist continuity. If the term "neo-feudalism" should be considered to be of the same type as these two, then it is a misnomer.