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Re:Who died and left the US $7B? by entropicdrifter on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @02:55PM (#41791370)
And the people who have a strong drive for the accumulation of capital/assets build armies and those armies shake down subsistence-living people for food and supplies in order to sustain themselves and suddenly you've got taxes again
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Re:Who died and left the US $7B? by Wytwwww on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @04:42PM (#41792412)
Yes, thankfully modern liberal(ish) democracy(sort of) and the rule of law allowed us to exit this circle (well.. at least brought us much closer to that point than we ever were).
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