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    4 years ago

    Way before that. It’s been legal since the start of countries/empires as a concept.

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        Then it’s been legal since the Europeans set foot on the soil of what’s now the US. Let’s not kid ourselves in thinking the American revolution was about anti-tyranny. It was just about some other people wanting to be the tyrants in place of the then current tyrants.