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Leftists are historically illiterate. (media.scored.co)
posted 1 month ago by Uncle_Adolf on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +27Score on mirror )
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HimmlerWasRight88 on scored.co
30 days ago -1 points (+0 / -0 / -1Score on mirror ) 1 child
> Free Market Capitalism is what fueled the USA's breathtaking transformation

This is not true at all.

America was funded with the government having [heavy control of the economy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_(economics)) and, in more recent times, with [the government regulating private economic activity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act).

Laissez-faire has come to America only with Reagan. It has *never* been a part of the American culture or history - this is one of the greatest misconceptions Americans have.

Today America in the [ranking of economic freedom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom#2025) is only 26. There are a dozen European countries that have more free market than America.


FYI u/Mellop
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steele2 on scored.co
29 days ago -1 points (+0 / -0 / -1Score on mirror ) 1 child
The government didn't even take income tax back then and it was so small that economic red tape and politicians were rarer than Bigfoot sightings.
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HimmlerWasRight88 on scored.co
29 days ago -1 points (+0 / -0 / -1Score on mirror )
It took massive tariffs, which were hitting the Southern states so badly that they decided to secede.

The US government killed a million people over taxes and now you're here trying to argue that taxes in America have never been a thing.
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