Sumptuary law
Sumptuary laws (from Latin sumptuariae leges) are laws that attempt to regulate permitted consumption. Black's Law Dictionary defines them as "Laws made for the purpose of restraining luxury or extravagance, particularly against inordinate expenditures in the matter of apparel, food, furniture, etc." Traditionally, they were laws that regulated and reinforced social hierarchies and morals through restrictions, often depending upon a person's social rank, on permitted clothing, food, and luxury expenditures.
Societies have used sumptuary laws for a variety of purposes. They attempted to regulate the balance of trade by limiting the market for expensive imported goods. They were also an easy way to identify social rank and privilege, and often were used for social discrimination.
This frequently meant preventing commoners from imitating the appearance of aristocrats and sometimes also to stigmatize disfavored groups. In the Late Middle Ages, sumptuary laws were instituted as a way for the nobility to cap the conspicuous consumption of the prosperous bourgeoisie of medieval cities, and they continued to be used for these purposes well into the 17th century.
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Zombie Eater
by: ArthemisOut in the cold
In a world of dead
There's something to dismember
One by one
Soon you will be dead
Fading through the never
The way you crawl in the darkness
Is such a shame
And I'm the one that makes the fear
Running through your veins
Get me some fire
You gotta be my slaves
You know there's no more shelter
Higher and higher
Can't you see the flames
Burning on forever
The way you crawl in the darkness
Is such a shame
And I'm the one that makes the fear
Running through your veins
Your souls will belong
To the world of the damned
Echoes in your mind
Through the darkness you will find
No more smiling faces
In a world that you create
Echoes in your mind
Through the darkness you will find
No more smiling faces
Falling down to the deepest hell
(Let us to the darkest pain)
You cannot run, cannot hide your pain
You're livin' an illusion
Hungry for blood, I will drive your head
Through the wheel of confusion
The way you crawl in the darkness
Is such a shame
And I'm the one that makes the fear
Running through your veins
Your souls will belong
To the world of the damned
Echoes in your mind
Through the darkness you will find
No more smiling faces
In a world that you create
Echoes in your mind
Through the darkness you will find
No more smiling faces
Falling down to the deepest hell