And sometimes the guild took the reins from the the state! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League Say wh

And sometimes the guild took the reins from the the state! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League Say what you will about (proto-)mercantilism vs capitalism, but I rather live under guild-ocracy then cyberpunk megacrop-ocracy.