• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    also, the atreides (and every other house in the landsraad) was paying levies to the emperor out the nose. the emperor was extracting taxes, rents, and every fucking thing he could get away with.

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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      10 months ago

      Exploitation of the noble houses by Emperor was most probabaly done less directly, but capitalistically, through CHOAM, in which emperor had majority of shares.