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To: Golconda who wrote (64688)7/11/2010 11:13:22 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218228
 
Kingdoms existed to extract rent. Market, this shibboleth, is a new coined term.

I have climbed the Apadana in Persepolis where in bas relief where the figires of those who annually came to pay tribute to the Persian emperor.

There, under +40ºC, I thought about the travails of those who in power extract rent from those who are forced to pay.

Please do not talk about history books, please.