{"id":1853,"date":"2025-06-11T23:13:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogdiario.info\/magazine\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2025-06-11T23:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:15:11","slug":"%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7-opium-of-the-people-tax-of-the-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogdiario.info\/magazine\/2025\/06\/11\/%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7-opium-of-the-people-tax-of-the-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Opium of the People, Tax of the Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/blogdiario.info\/magazine\/images\/2025\/06\/Edit_sincov.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogdiario.info\/magazine\/images\/2025\/06\/Edit_sincov.png 550w, https:\/\/blogdiario.info\/magazine\/images\/2025\/06\/Edit_sincov-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BlogDiario.info<\/strong><br>Globus, 12\/06\/2025<br><br><em>By Felix Inkstone &#8211; Special for ElCanillita.info<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Roman Empire started to stumble, it wasn\u2019t because of opium. 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