Incidentally, I stumbled on this while looking for a Marx quote about how representatives of the old feudal order falsely positioned themselves as allies to the lower classes by attacking the excesses of industrial capitalism. If anyone has that quote, please let me know.
The honorable samurai who… checks notes …randomly beheaded people and would later turn into the Yakuza when the Emperor outlawed their caste?
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