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The Wealthy in Florence Today Are the Same Families as 600 Years Ago
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If the primary basis of wealth does not change, then the same wealthy families will remain wealthy indefinitely. Primogeniture really keeps the families the same.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist  but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.


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RE: The Wealthy in Florence Today Are the Same Families as 600 Years Ago - by pbrower2a - 08-22-2016, 12:18 PM

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