I used to live 2 miles from Lincoln VA and knew the Janneys who are descendants of the folks in the image. Lincoln has a very active Quaker Congregation to this day.

Here’s a talk I gave on replacing Central Banker Managed Fractional Reserve Banking with “Dividend Money” where all new money gets credited to the citizenry, per capita. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyy3glEu8X0&list=PLfPZg4k0A6LlZMZo-xvpa60zMHbMsrJ3R&index=4&t=0s

Some of the commenters seem to think that Q is a bad case to study because it is aberrant in some external, objective sense. I’d suggest its peculiarity may actually make it a very good case to study to begin to understand the workings of a SOCI. One might think of Q as like Phineas

Sigh … while as you know I mostly agree with your formulation, I must take great exception to your terminology. Why would one want to name as “Religion”: “the domain of how we enter into relationships with each-other so as to form a community that is both coherent and thriving in the world.” The words “culture” or

You are correct that the Status Quo is wobbling badly and that barring radical reform will soon collapse and then transition to something else. The range of “what comes next”, though is wider than you indicate. I’d suggest that possible outcomes might include; 1) neo-feudalism of the sort you describe — a hypertrophic version of Koch/Thiel “libertarianism”;