[kingcobraninja]

We have (for the most part) democracy. At this point, either feudalism is a collective choice, or the collective wants to make self-interested decisions but isn't smart enough to know how.

[Avicebron]

Or the oversized influence of the neo-feudalists make the who enterprise of changing it via democratic means borderline/if not impossible...?

[kingcobraninja]

How is this different from the stupid collective scenario?

[Avicebron]

it's not victim blaming?

[kingcobraninja]

If democratic society writ large can be considered a singular entity, then yes, it is victim blaming. Democratic society is the victim of and cause of all of its own problems.