> given something such as a small parcel of property it's fascinating, since rome literally did this and it worked for a long time. it's obvious to anyone with eyes to see and even a passing knowledge of history that men need a stake in society as incentive to fight for that society. the most blatant and obvious fact is that society works on quid pro quo, but every single time, it degenerates into something for nothing, and it fails. instead of surrendering control and power, they consistently turn to bread and circuses, and when that fails, coercion, and when that fails, they die. a new society rises in its place, and the cycle begins again, learning all the wrong lessons from what came before.
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