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by vonklaus 3799 days ago
Abraham Lincoln had an impossible choice to make, and withoutthe benefit of hindsite I dont know anyone could have made a better one.

Unfortunately, Allowing states to decide for themselves whether they could literally own humans or not, lead to a civil war that strategically undermibed states rights.

So no, it is a lot harder to just 'have a subset' of something. Plus, obviously the internet is national + global, so while I agree with you I would argue the governments only role in the matter is arbitration in the event of a lawsuit as these are simply contracts.

You probably got downvoted because:

> if the American people want...

Is rarely considered.