It's funny how people think a post-apocalyptic landscape will be relatively flat socioeconomically. At most they think there will be small-scale warlords or Dunbar-scale anarchist communes. No. There will be deathstar billionaires with private armies and narrow-deep tech stacks.
The same way medieval feudal lords held on to their estates with or without strong kings. You hire a personal army, have loyal people running your affairs, rule like any minor king or baron would.
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Ah, but that's the thing. a) For its early history, feudalism was a violent meritocracy - the king was just the best warlord, put there by men personally loyal to them. It took centuries to build up legitimacy as an actual position that had power which could be passed on...
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And b) the extent of feudal power was much more limited than a billionaire today. And it had to be devolved substantially - local lords had a lot of power.
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