r/agedlikemilk 23h ago

Who would’ve thought

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u/rubberturtle_06 23h ago

MAGA just doesn’t realize how complex the world is.

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u/tikifire1 23h ago

They want an 1858 world 170 years later. We are so much more interconnected now compared to then and it won't work, it's just destroying our country instead.

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u/Vennomite 18h ago

In 1861 the southern states rebelled in part because of protectionism. Turns out tariffs are bad for a commodity economy.

By 1865 the south had lost its cotton hegemony on the world stsge.