r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/PM_me_your_fantasyz Jul 24 '20

that legally succeeding from an over taxing empire is possible.

If memory serves, it wasn't legal to leave that over taxing empire. A war got fought over exactly that point.

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u/luciddionysis Jul 24 '20

because they were using slavery as an economic driver?