• The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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    6 months ago

    The 3rd amendment prohibits the government from forcing you to quarter soldiers on your personal property. It was written in response to a common practice of the British army during the Revolutionary War.

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      6 months ago

      Quartering was a common practice generally, troops were housed with the locals to guard (police) the locals.

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        Pretty common for Allied soldiers to house in WWII. But people in occupied France, etc generally were pretty cool to have liberators crash in their pad for a little while.

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          Well yeah, I’d rather have someone trying to rid the fascist fucks from my country stay with me than have a fascist fuck as a forced houseguest.