How long has the US been in decline?
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Replying to @fit3m3 @Outsideness
Was the King of England really that great?
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No. But the Articles of Confederation were. (So 1781 would have been better. Late night tweeting.)
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We've had to wait until the early 21st century for a hundred separate currencies.
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Replying to @Outsideness @GolfNorman and
... "Trade agreements" are the bullshit you get into when Leviathan is given a voice.
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Replying to @Outsideness @GolfNorman and
... Model "Trade Agreement": "How about the government butts the f*** out of private transactions in general?"
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Replying to @Outsideness @GolfNorman and
... The (British) East India Company did it best. Downhill all the way since.
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Chartered. Not much other government involvement before the Opium War / Indian Mutiny. Then everything went to leftist-imperialist shit.
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Replying to @GlomarNeverDies @Outsideness and
Holding out for a seasteading pirate-nation issuing blockchained letters of marque. (Though I guess that might interfere w private trade...) Patri Friedman can be a figurehead if that's important but will have no power.
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