He says the common social seedbed of revolution is debt, slavery, and landlessness produced by unequal wealth and interest.
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He says the common social seedbed of revolution is debt, slavery, and landlessness produced by unequal wealth and interest.
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Long-lived empires collapse when debt, landlessness, rent-seeking corruption, and elite conflict make the population and army unreliable.
He identifies landlessness, debt, and religious persecution as the major grievances inside Byzantine and Persian society.
Jiang says Muslim armies drew followers by freeing people from debt, landlessness, and religious persecution.
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"...very common problem. And then the third issue, of course, is landlessness. Okay? So these are the three most common problems that ultimately become..."
"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..."
"...to live there? Because they are in debt. Okay? Debt. And landlessness. Throughout most of"
"...population suffers from too much debt and suffers from too much landlessness. No opportunities. Okay? Then what happens is the elite starts fighting amongst..."
"...unhappy for three reasons. The first reason is the problem of landlessness. The second problem is debt."
"These are problems that have existed throughout human history. Why are there so many revolutions in Chinese history? Because of these two problems, right?..."
"...Because wherever they went, they freed the people from debt and landlessness and religious persecution."
"You are now allowed to practice any faith you want. You have that freedom now. That's important to people. You now have some land..."
"...promised the people freedom from religious persecution, from debt, and from landlessness. And that's what drew followers to him. Right? You don't want another..."
"...was promised to us by God, and therefore, debt. Debt, slavery, landlessness, it's all evil in the eyes of God. And therefore, we must..."
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