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The Magna Carta mostly served wealthy barons

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Heralded as a massive triumph for universal freedom, this legendary document was realistically just a list of deeply selfish demands from angry aristocrats. The incredibly wealthy barons forced the failing king to sign it strictly to protect their own massive lands and heavily collected taxes, actively ignoring the deeply impoverished peasants entirely.

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