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		foota on Oct 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's Time to Tax Billionaires The roman empire also relied heavily on slave labor from captured territories and gifts from the wealthy.

Zetobal on Oct 23, 2023 [–]

...and spoils of war. If you were a pleb you paid your taxes in blood.

foota on Oct 24, 2023 | [–]

... Was that a pun? I read this as the modern usage of plebian and only now realized it might not be what you meant lol. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plebeians

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