Re:The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money
by kevingadd on Monday October 11, 2021 @10:42AM
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This is fascinating, I saw this exact "queen can't enter without prior permission" bit in some alt history fiction recently and was convinced they must have made it up. I wonder if Washington DC's special status in the US was inspired by this City Of London arrangement in some way?
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Re:The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money
by javert on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:01AM
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Washington, DC was made a federal district so that the seat of national government would not be dependent on any particular US state for its security, but would be able to provide its own security force.
This was because the Congress had been beseiged by disgruntled citizens when it met in Philadelphia, and the state of Pennsylvania had refused to intervene.
I'm getting this from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.#History
Re:The City of London Is Hiding the World’s Stolen Money
by dragonwriter on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:05AM
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Washington D.C.’s special status exist to guarantee the independence of the central government from particular pressure of the host state, as opposed to the City of London’s privileges which are historically to protect well-to-do local merchants and craftsmen from the intrusive power of the nobility.