Ronkainen, Community Humanism - A World Beyond Global Feudalism

We are living in a world of unprecedented wealth and deepening uncertainty. Power is concentrating. Communities are fragmenting. The promise that tomorrow will be better than today is fading. This book argues that we have entered a new era: global feudalism, a system where power, capital, and technology are controlled by a few, while the majority are left navigating insecurity and diminishing influence. But this is not a book about decline. It is a book about direction. Community Humanism offers a new framework for organizing society, one that places human dignity, ecological balance, and shared meaning at its core. It moves beyond the limitations of both market fundamentalism and state control, proposing a model where freedom emerges from connection, and where the foundations of life are secured for all. This is not a distant utopia. Change begins where you are: in neighborhoods, workplaces, and everyday decisions. A parallel reality can be built within the old system until the old system is no longer needed. This book is an invitation to rethink what economy, democracy, and community can mean in the 21st century. And to take part in building what comes next.