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You never heard of "sumptuary law" but your birdshit ancestors loved them
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 06/10/25 |
| https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK | 06/10/25 |
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Date: June 10th, 2025 3:22 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Even the ancient Greeks thought these laws were 180. Plato would limit the number of guests at a wedding to ten, and you don't know why. Romans had them, and so did most European kingdoms for most of recorded history. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5735713&forum_id=2E#49002713) |
Date: June 10th, 2025 3:27 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK "Furthermore, it appears that that power can most conveniently be divided into three heads: (I) the right of passing laws on tempering the use of property to the welfare of the state; (2) the right of imposing taxes; (3) the exercise of eminent domain. Under the first head are listed sumptuary laws, or such as fix a limit upon unnecessary expenses, whereby first private houses and then the state are exhausted, since money flows out of the country once luxury becomes wild for the delights furnished by foreign lands."
The author of the above quote cites Pliny, Natural History, Bk. VI, chap. xxviii, but he was writing long after Pliny. You don't know who he is though. |