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rampartd

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1. it never stopped

Reply to artemisia1 (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2026, 06:47 AM

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the commoners evicted from their homes ended up in the towns and eventually on ships to america, australia, etc etc etc.

the attraction of new continents was soon overtaken by the same capitalists, who enclosed the eastern colonies and worked them with slaves. then they enclosed the great plains, more people native and commoner, homeless.

it has never stopped and won't. economy of scale. preponderance of force.

and the commoners keep moving. hungry. homeless. underemployed.

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