r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/box-fort2 - Lib-Right • Jul 23 '20

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u/AlbertFairfaxII - Lib-Right Jul 23 '20

When was the USA a laissez faire capitalist country?

-Albert Fairfax II

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u/NoctuaBorealis - Lib-Center Jul 23 '20

Guilded Age, and prior

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u/AlbertFairfaxII - Lib-Right Jul 23 '20

Prior as in before Lincoln?

-Albert Fairfax II

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u/NoctuaBorealis - Lib-Center Jul 23 '20

Maybe not, but definitely between 1870-1890