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points by krapp 1 day ago | 0 comments
Insurance and stocks were not subject to the Interstate Commerce clause until the 19th and 20th century, and the Dutch East India company dealt in physical goods, which is what I was talking about.

Why the fuck can't you read?

[–] 15155 1 day ago
The Dutch East India Company's ownership was traded internationally... on a stock market. "Non-physical goods didn't exist back then"

> Why the fuck can't you read?

I'm not the one throwing "well-regulated militia" out as a serious argument (as if prefatory clauses somehow change the remainder of a sentence.) Why the fuck can't you read? Perhaps you should volunteer to be on the door-to-door confiscation squads.

[–] krapp 1 day ago
>I'm not the one throwing "well-regulated militia" out as a serious argument (as if prefatory clauses somehow change the remainder of a sentence.)

Take it up with the Supreme Court then.

[–] 15155 1 day ago
I'll keep machining away, good luck with your facially-incorrect theories!