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If this has happened during the Middle-Ages of the Renaissance, people would be rioting in the streets right now and calling for the heads of those in charge...
It's a shame people don't have the same indignation for the elites that screw them over everyday, as they did in those middle ages. I say, power in numbers, let the rich assholes know there not takin any more of our money and were sick of this entire thing they got us into (much much easier said than done)