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Mayan commoners sought to please priests and nobles because those groups were the higher hierarchies in the Mayan society. Furthermore, the Priests had a special place in the Mayan society from the perspective of the commoners because they believed that priests had a special and direct connection to the gods. The priests revealed to the commoners what the gods wanted to transmit, and that is why Mayan priests had power and influenced many people in the Mayan society.
John Maynard Keynes noted that governments shouldn't interfere with economic affairs.
