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Not a good comparison. The reformers (Gracchi brothers, Caesar, etc) wanted Roman citizens to have their fair share of the actual land that Rome conquered. Not
by staunch 9y ago
Not a good comparison.
The reformers (Gracchi brothers, Caesar, etc) wanted Roman citizens to have their fair share of the actual land that Rome conquered. Not regular hand outs of grain. The idea was that citizens would actually own a piece of The Roman Dream. Land is income, then and now.
Never happened. The wealthiest Romans were successful in assassinating reformers and dominating the Roman 99% for a thousand years.
- Balgair 9y agoI'll second this as a poor analogy. Roman politics during the Second Punic war, the Sulla era, and then the Civil Wars/Imperial Birth is a very complicated thing and not very open to a UBI analogy. At best, maybe the grain dole of Julio-Claudian dynasty is better, but not for the whole Rome's span, and especially not the Republic until Sulla. For an Excellent intro into Roman history see this very good podcast: http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/archives.html http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/arch...