this very scenario happened a few millenia ago in rome essentially the proles sent a representative whose name escapes me to the senate asking them that if they're going to be corrupt assholes to at least throw them a bone every once in a while and not be cartoonishly evil. the senate then proceeded to be cartoonishly evil and had the guy killed in some horrific way and kickstarted a civil war i wish i could remember who it was so i could get this story properly straightened out
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