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alpha0 · 4698 days ago · link · · parent · post: Finland Derides Crisis as Excuse for Eroding Sovereignty
It is almost always about money.
The right to secede was theirs, wasn't it? If yes, the why was their business, legally speaking, and a red herring. "My paramount object in the struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. … If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." - Abraham Lincoln (What "free"/"unregulated" market? US? You must be kidding me, mk!)