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elmonoenano t1_iw4aqog wrote

I like the US from about 1850 to 1940. There was just a huge sea change in the understanding of the Constitution, economic institutions, and development in the country. It's a fascinating period to learn about. A lot of the conflicts from that time are still driving politics to this day. Right now we're basically in a reversal of Constitutional understanding back to a Lochner era reading where civil rights aren't important but economic rights of the elites are paramount. This is basically con law from 1939 to 1870 in reverse.

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BasinBrandon t1_iw4dd61 wrote

This is a very under discussed era of the US, 100% agree. I’m still not super familiar with the era, but much if the little that I do know was pretty mind blowing and changed the way I looked at the US fundamentally

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