• undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      They covered it: slave economy, crony merchantislism, private armies and sections of the government, a “private and public partnership” and an untouchable ruling class and a master race (roman citizens).

      Its not a coincidence that both facsism and City-state sized capitalism were all founded in Italy.