This is why I left Seattle
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Merchants used to take their profits to buy titles of nobility because it was a guaranteed form of income for their family in perpetuity in feudalism, today business owners buy their way into political appointments because it is a guaranteed income in perpetuity for them and their family. I’m paraphrasing Sowell here, probably poorly because it was from years ago.
That's why Japan collapsed and had to open up for trade in the 1850's. Everyone says it was Commodore Perry, but even the Shogun was in the red from all his gambling and giving titles to pay off debts.
The Yakuza are from those gambling halls btw.
Fun fact. August Belmont, a Rothschild banker, was Commodore Perry’s son-in-law