> That’s frankly dystopian. It’s much worse than deregulation; it’s the dissolution of a uniform state. A return to the Middle Ages, it’s warlords and it’s robber barons.

You just described my best guess of the future (at least of the US).

In fact, you might be able to say that we are already moving that direction given how much influence large corporations and industries have over our government.

Note that I am not happy about my prediction, but my eyes are open to what is happening around me.