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▲ someonebaggy 7 hours ago

The state did everything they could to prevent it back then, just as they do right now.

▲iamnothere 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Using this line of argumentation, you might as well start enslaving (sorry, “impressing”) people into your navy again.

▲cucumber3732842 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Everything they could was a lot less back before the fruits of industrial productivity allowed people to have their basic needs met while giving a huge fraction of their surplus to the state to do what it pleases with.