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The trade they carried on, and which more resembled robbery than commerce, anticipated the resources of the tyrant, and threatened to leave him no materials for imposition or confiscation.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that the traders' actions undermined the resources of the local tyrant, exacerbating oppression.
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