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S4 E2: "The Excess of Democracy"

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

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The Chasites and the Debtor Courts

The chasites, as they would come to be called, shut down all the debtor courts west of boston over the next few weeks. They tried to negotiate for terms under which they could open the court. In november, the state government sent men on horseback to arrest some leaders of the resistance in Massachusetts. When they caught up with job shaddock and he resisted arrest, one of the governments man slashed his leg with a sword, crippling him. But there was no actual violence came from the chasites. To tell this climactic part of the story, dan bullen and i go to springfield, massachusetts. Yet right behind us is the red brick building

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