latīfundium dominated the Roman Empire -- large farms owned by landed gentry and run by servi (slaves) and coloni (tenant farmers). Over time, servi gained rights and coloni lost them to create a serf class. Fazendas, haciendas, and plantations restored this ancient economic order for the New World

The pollution of USA bureaucracy and civil institutions by charismatic and evangelical christians, convinced of the unity between colonial-capital and Christ's ministry, provide an immediately insurmountable roadblock to re-establishing and strengthening Liberal Republicanism and its institutions