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Who made slavery legal to begin with? And your typical leftist tactic of acting like we're calling for anarchy is boring
by sultezdukes 13y ago
Who made slavery legal to begin with? And your typical leftist tactic of acting like we're calling for anarchy is boring
- danso 13y agoIIRC, it was the Founding Fathers who were critical in allowing slavery to be legal. I wasn't aware that they were considered to be particularly left-wing.
- ivix 13y agoSure about that? Compare their policies to British equivalents at the time.
- ck2 13y agoThe people who made and insured slavery was legal appear on every form of currency in your wallet (except the penny and $5 bill). The very motive of capitalism is to make as much profit in any way possible. The only thing holding it back is law, which is made by government. The problem is the government which should be run by the people but more often than not is run by lobbyists who are owned by the corporations looking to push for more capitalism. The answer is not less laws, it's less lobbyists.
- potatolicious 13y agoDon't go away, next up on HN: Long Weekend Edition, we throw back to the 60s and start calling each other commie pinkos. Join us at 4pm for a live reenactment of the McCarthy hearings! Seriously though, ad hominems aren't cool. Can we keep things at least slightly civil?