alt Hacker News> In some places the sovereign literally owned all the land and people on it.
Russia was like this till 1861! And arguably practically for much longer so, perhaps still.
> In some places the sovereign literally owned all the land and people on it.
Russia was like this till 1861! And arguably practically for much longer so, perhaps still.
Well, so was the USA. Seems like wealth inequality is not such a big deal in the grand scheme of things.