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[โ€“] miz@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm not an expert but it seems like City of London is a tiny fortress of finance capitalism to administratively insulate the financiers from any messy interventions from fixed capital or (gasp) the masses of greater London

[โ€“] Euergetes@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

I mean that's how it functions but the why is dumb medieval commune shit, if the city of london didn't have civic rights from the charter the big money would just technically be registered in castletown or something