Meanwhile, $12 million will go to a fund supporting out-of-work entertainment industry laborers.
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Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2026
Without fiefdoms structuring the distribution of land, the division of labor, and the provision of military protection, agents of state coercion were needed to ensure that former serfs would serve as wage laborers.
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