The revolutionary promise takes different ideological names but repeats the same game-theory offer: follow the elite faction and receive debt cancellation, land, and freedom from slavery.
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Debt Cancellation
The revolutionary promise takes different ideological names but repeats the same game-theory offer: follow the elite faction and receive debt cancellation, land, and freedom from slavery.
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One historical mechanism to control elite growth is land redistribution and debt cancellation by one elite figure, who becomes the king by preserving society.
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"Their children's children become slaves as well. Okay? Because of interest rates, it's impossible for you to pay back that debt. Okay? So now..."
"What's a kingdom of heaven? A kingdom of heaven is where people don't have debt, where people have land to feed themselves, and where..."
"main message, of elite overproduction, is, unless, you can control, the amount, the number, of the elite, in your society, your society, must, collapse...."
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