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0 pointsIdidntdothis6y ago0 comments

There are plenty of peasants in the places you mentioned. You just don’t see them. Who do you think provides all the basic services?

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pacala6y ago· 1 in thread

Correct. The point is that the peasant mass center, so to speak, is today more distant that it's ever been.

Why do you think it’s different now? The wealthy have always lived in a few places from where they could dominate the whole country.

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