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Re:An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost ... by monort on Sunday May 29, 2016 @02:15AM (#11795094)
I agree that arguments against slavery were stronger in 1865, than against taxes, but absence of something is a bad predictor about possibility. You couldn't point to a liberal democracy before 18th century too.
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Re:An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost ... by afarrell on Sunday May 29, 2016 @09:36AM (#11796308)
On its own, absence is a bad argument. But combined with presenting a problem (that people will spontaneously form a government and collect taxes under threat of kneecapping) it is a stronger argument.
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