J
@childofthecave.bsky.social
Just a random guy who used to live in Hong Kong - former user of twitter to follow news and international politics.
I think the wrong link?
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I think the wrong link?
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The Roman setup is actually kind of unusual: you have a fairly weak state (no big centralized king), a relatively low tax regime, where the major tax is a tax on landholders to pay soldier wages (tributum) which is assessed based on property but remitted if you are actually serving that year.
January 7, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The Roman setup is actually kind of unusual: you have a fairly weak state (no big centralized king), a relatively low tax regime, where the major tax is a tax on landholders to pay soldier wages (tributum) which is assessed based on property but remitted if you are actually serving that year.
"All entries are to the best of our knowledge. We’ll update with news of resignations as and when it arrives."
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
"All entries are to the best of our knowledge. We’ll update with news of resignations as and when it arrives."
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I come back to this constantly
April 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I come back to this constantly
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Anyway, donate to charities if you can. I support quite a few. But really, every charity is just a govt failure, especially in a world where we give the richest 10% $18bn a year in tax breaks for capital gains
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Treasury figures reveal $18 billion capital gains windfall for Australia’s richest 10 per cent
The latest tax expenditure figures released on Friday by the Treasury department show this financial year the richest 10 percent of Australians will receive $18bn worth of tax breaks from the capital ...
thepoint.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Anyway, donate to charities if you can. I support quite a few. But really, every charity is just a govt failure, especially in a world where we give the richest 10% $18bn a year in tax breaks for capital gains
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...