Bad governments seek absolute control over the people because they do not trust them. And the best way to control them is to impoverish them and make them beholden to the government for their daily bread.
Oppression is Tolerated, Freedom is Fought for....
It’s an interesting subject.
Reading ‘The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire” (Gibbon) the author said that incessant warfare meant armies took as prisoner, whole populations of conquered people.
They were kept, traded or sold as slaves. Slaves were currency and if you had or traded any slaves, you had wealth.
Also, the total of gold, silver and precious stones in the known world was limited so there was not enough of that for the valuation of commodities.
Human slaves BECAME currency.
I’m sure that’s part of it....I mean how whole countries became subject to tyranny
To rely solely on the character of the men and women we send to DC is to admit we are not a nation of laws.
The Framers knew this, and in order to secure liberty they didn’t rely on a Bill of Rights, but instead divided power between the states and the new federal government.
Stephanie Pappas is a moron if she thinks the original condition of those societies was freedom.
I’d bet that not one member of the House or the Senate left office with less money than they had when they entered, in at least a century.