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> that enslaved a race, legally, is conclusively worse than a society with harsh sentencing laws.

True that.

> tptacek's assertion that we should strive to be less ahistorical when assessing the current status quo.

We != people. We = Government, I believe. The Government should be less ahistorical in their workings and policy-making. Prevention of terror attacks, cold war logic is exactly the kind of argument that is outdated.

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