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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to All   
   Re: '[The wealthy of the Roman Republic]   
   08 Nov 20 13:09:16   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   What you got wrong, or at least didn't grasp, is that there   
   was a market for the grain produced on the farms. The   
   food was heavily subsidized -- the grain dole, "Bread &   
   Circus" -- so the wealth  of the  individual was driven by   
   the poverty of the masses.   
      
   THE MORE POOR PEOPLE, ON THE GRAIN DOLE, THE   
   MORE SUBSIDIZED GRAIN WAS IN DEMAND!   
      
   Room was a society dying of cancer. While every jackass   
   on the planet explores the so called "Mystery" of why it   
   fell, the actual mystery is why and HOW it succeeded for   
   as long as it did!   
      
      
      
      
      
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   https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/634194061517045760   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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