Let’s get one
thing straight, the Magna Carta signed in 1215 did nothing for the freedoms of
the ordinary man. The document was drafted as “the articles of the Barons” and
its main proposals were limitations
on taxation and other feudal payments to the Crown, with certain forms of
feudal taxation requiring baronial consent. It focused on the rights of free
men—in particular the barons—and not serfs and unfree labour.
So what it enshrined was that the taxes imposed on the peasants
that worked for the Barons would go to the Barons (and not the King) unless the
Barons agreed.
The freedom it enshrined was for the Barons to go unfettered
about the business of exploitation.
So consider todays news: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-hedge-fund-superrich-donated-19m-to-tory-party-10024548.html
The super rich big business leaders are donating huge sums to
the party in power, why?
To make sure that they can go unfettered about the business
of exploitation.
Nothing changes.
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