** On Thursday 30.12.21 - 15:19, Carol Shenkenberger wrote to Ward Dossche:
>> The possibility for the king (or whichever nobleman) to wage war did not >> onl depend from his financial resources, but to a large extent also having >> enoug poor people around that were unable to make ends meet ... make >> certain the people were poor enough and had no way out ... it lasted for >> centuries ... >> >> And it stll does today. >> >> \%/@rd >>
CS> Even today, and the gap is widening back out and has been for a bit.
I don't see the gap widening.
The tensions between Ukraine/Russia (courtesy USA + NATO) is a new approach to the matter to keep the gap narrow. --