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Re:Kite – News App by Kagi by wredcoll on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:51PM (#44527685)
I don't think anyone thought the 3/5s compromise was morally correct, people either didn't care or were willing to live with it in pursuit of another goal.

Also, as you said: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation there's a name for it!

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Re:Kite – News App by Kagi by const_cast on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:40PM (#44537028)
> I don't think anyone thought the 3/5s compromise was morally correct

I disagree, they absolutely thought it was morally correct because morals progress throughout history.

What I think people miss is that slavers were evil people doing evil things. No, they were normal people doing normal things. And that's much more scary.

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