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skeletoncrimes:

studying condottieri is actually useful in the context of writing cyberpunk, as its a highly systemic and historical example of when a primarily economic/cultural polity that lacks manpower but possesses massive wealth/cultural capital as well as political ambition (italian city-states/megacorps) exists parallel to similar rivals and/or traditional state power and thus needs to bring mercenaries under routine contract\u00a0

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