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Interestingly, the Constitution of the Confederate States explicitly outlawed tariffs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Confederate_States

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Wow great point. I didn’t actually know this. Goes to show. Thank you so much for this

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You're welcome. I'm also surprised that I managed to find your post only 11 hours after you wrote it with DuckDuckGo.

Hours ago, I edited my anti-Libertarianism essay to mention the 1800s politics of tariffs (https://zerocontradictions.net/civilization/case-against-libertarianism#free-trade), and I included a link to this post.

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