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Re:The historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games by rebuilder on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:04PM (#28064199)
There were times that the Romans auctioned off the right to tax a region. So you’d pay the state some sum and then have the right to extract whatever you can from the population.

I’m sure the whole story is much more nuanced than that outline.

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Re:The historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games by depaya on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @03:13PM (#28064978)
This is how parking enforcement works in some major cities (e.g. Chicago).
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Re:The historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games by bserge on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:34PM (#28064525)
And I thought debt collection agencies are shit. We really do live in the best times so far.
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Re:The historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games by jhbadger on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:53PM (#28064744)
Even 18th century pre-revolutionary France did this sort of thing. The great chemist Lavoisier was executed by revolutionaries, not because he was a chemist, but because he was also an administrator of the ferme générale, the privatized tax system of the time.
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