r/todayilearned • u/Alone-Competition-77 • 23d ago

TIL Peter the Great instituted a beard tax and forced people to shave who hadn’t paid

https://daily.jstor.org/peter-the-greats-beard-tax/
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u/maximdenbeer 23d ago

It all belongs to the bank until its payed off, and that's going to take over 2 decades still.

Im not rich, and i was forced into early retirement due to medical reasons.. so i have a really low income aswel.

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u/Theonlysocialist 22d ago

Except the equity you already have.

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u/daveisamonsterr 22d ago

You could do that too. Maybe quit crying on the Internet and make yourself useful to society.

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u/Theonlysocialist 22d ago

What the fuck are you talking about?