“In ancient Rome there was a very effective form of protest called “secessio plebis”. The people demonstrated simply by leaving the city. Everything had to close. The ruling class was left to fend for itself and soon realized that it could not fend for itself. Between the beginning of the 5th century B.C. and 287 B.C. there were 6 of these protests. They always worked.
The last one was about the “Lex Hortensia”, that is, the right of plebiscite and the establishment that the will of the people, expressed through a plebiscite, was binding. About 2,300 years ago! And here these idiots who call themselves politicians and shysters tell us that this is not possible in our country. Although it is provided for in the constitution. Why do you think that is so?
They left the pomerio (the walls / the city), and settled on their own on the Aventine Hill, on the outskirts.
This was because commoners were forced to serve in army campaigns, abandoning their crops and having to go into debt, which ended up turning many into addictus (debt slaves).
Similar to what we are experiencing today, with the end of the middle class.
From these mass disobediences the Tribune of the common people was born, who had the right to veto in the Senate, among other things…
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