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The Weblog at The View from the Core - Fri. 10/22/04 07:30:52 AM
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Re: Group of Billionaires A reader writes: If I remember my Roman History aright, in the last decades of the republic, the "plebian" cause was bankrolled and championed by the Roman super rich who used the plebes to take on the more patrician senatorial party. I think at one point Cato was the leading figure in this effort. And why were these rich guys so into helping the little guy? The plebes were much easer to manipulate and buy off than their more upper crust fellow citizens. I know the analogy is a bit weak as 21st Cent. American politics are a lot different from those of the dying Roman Republic, but I think in this case a similar motivation may be at work where those with vast fortunes try to turn their wealth into political power. Lane Core Jr. CIW P Fri. 10/22/04 07:30:52 AM |
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