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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by pc86 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @02:58PM (#18877468)
This does all sort of go out of the window once the worst case scenario becomes "the government steals everything from you and kills you if you resist."
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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by rebuilder on Thursday January 10, 2019 @04:08PM (#18878186)
Careful with the terminology there. "Stealing" is only really meaningful in the context of a legal framework, which happened to change in most places in Europe around the turn of the 20th century.

I'm more inclined to frame it in terms of an outdated, inegalitarian social order being overturned, resulting in massive upheaval and atrocities due to the power vacuum being rapidly filled again by the most ruthless actors.

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Re:The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the ri... by petre on Friday January 11, 2019 @03:06AM (#18881730)
It's still stealing even if it's called "eminent domain" or "civil asset forfeiture". It's basically stealing backed by little green men with guns.
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