Reply #28: true

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most schools don't teach "plebe" history. If they did, students would know how much struggle, deaths it took for decent wages, safe working environment and other labor rights. Then, the elite, or at the time "the robber barons," decided that it may be good, for safety sake, to give the plebes a little something. But many have struggled for every right we have today--and those rights that have taken years to gain, can be taken away with a stroke of a pen.

It's funny, I just watched a documentary on Caligula--one of the most cold blooded psychopathic personalities in history. One thing that struck me, is after he became emperor, he gave to the plebes over one billion gold coins. Why? He needed them to maintain control, needed them for adulation. Of course, that changed over a period of time. While watching, I thought how the money probably affected the masses. Wouldn't it have stimulated their economy by providing buying power for those that needed it most. Anyway, I found it interesting that he had the foresight to assuage the masses.