The Great Wall: Humanity's Largest Prison

Most people think the Great Wall of China was built to keep invaders out.

But the real story is far more unsettling. It was actually designed to keep

people in. Emperors used this massive structure as a prison wall to prevent citizens

from escaping taxation. The wall wasn't just a defensive barrier, it was a

cage. Imagine being a farmer. Looking at those stones not as

protection, but as the bars of your cell. Sections facing inward

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