On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Apart from all reflections of morality and philosophy, it is a melancholy fact that more than one-fourth of the labour of mankind is annually consumed by this barbarous system.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine highlights the economic burden of uncivilized governmental systems, stating that they consume a significant portion of human labor.
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