well, i read somewhere, the romans keep the population happy with bread and circuses... ok, take the circuses out, and you got a free bread for the poors... it's a quite standard program in my country, and most developing countries in the wolrd... free food for everyone in need, the government subsidize them... (free rice in reality, equivalence for bread in greek-roman times..), so they need trade reduction because giving free food requires considerable costs...
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