'As the economy tries to heal......'
See Michael Grant, History Of Rome, hb. p. 444
These first so called serfs were desperate late West Roman Empire plebeian citizens, not slaves of which there were of course plenty everywhere as well, small farmers and those driven out of the cities, by dire circumstances, in search of food.
They ended up tied hereditarily to the latifundia, later sealed by a deal cut between the Christian Roman Emperor of the West and the landed magnates.
When it hits the fan in the modern world, city dwellers and the rural poor are hardly in a position to even go into serfdom.
Think, for example, about how the US handled merely Katrina, which its own long standing negligence had allowed to happen in the first place.
Think about it. Because Americans have always clung to their flawed principles, they have always had the government they deserve, and will continue to deserve.
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