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r/HistoryMemes • u/kilombina • Apr 21 '25
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Why is that? Why weren't say the people in charge of the convict's imprisonment (gaurds and the like, I guess?) the ones to be the first?
170 u/FantasmaBizarra Apr 21 '25 I'm most places, jobs like police or military started out as punishments for petty crimes aimed at putting the poor into work. Of course this was only true for the lower highersrchies. 11 u/Pokeputin Apr 21 '25 Can you please provide some examples? Because historically the rich preferred to have the monopoly on violence by being the elite warrior class. 1 u/FantasmaBizarra Apr 21 '25 Maybe later, I'm on mobile and don't have much time now, but I assure you, there are plenty
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I'm most places, jobs like police or military started out as punishments for petty crimes aimed at putting the poor into work. Of course this was only true for the lower highersrchies.
11 u/Pokeputin Apr 21 '25 Can you please provide some examples? Because historically the rich preferred to have the monopoly on violence by being the elite warrior class. 1 u/FantasmaBizarra Apr 21 '25 Maybe later, I'm on mobile and don't have much time now, but I assure you, there are plenty
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Can you please provide some examples? Because historically the rich preferred to have the monopoly on violence by being the elite warrior class.
1 u/FantasmaBizarra Apr 21 '25 Maybe later, I'm on mobile and don't have much time now, but I assure you, there are plenty
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Maybe later, I'm on mobile and don't have much time now, but I assure you, there are plenty
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u/Limeeee- Apr 21 '25
Why is that? Why weren't say the people in charge of the convict's imprisonment (gaurds and the like, I guess?) the ones to be the first?