Forced sedenterization has been used on entire peoples but forced mobility I think has only ever been used as a governance strategy for an educated middle class (civil servants, certain models of feuds nobility etc).

I think that is true of say the Middle East Which is mostly a terrible place if you’re not a sheikh. Not the US or EU, at least not until recently.
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It's not a recent innovation: "Grapes of Wrath" was all about it. http://nfwm.org/education-center/farm-worker-issues/timeline-of-agricultural-labor/ … has more details.
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Sure, it’s a constant in history actually, but I’m getting at something closer to pastoral nomadism but for an information economy. Certain specialized professions like oil drilling or cable-laying come close.
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