:before and :after set the margins

Here the space before and after the content is set with pseudo-elements' margins that collapse with the margins of the first and last element. Thus margin is not stacked with the margins of the first and last element as would happen if you use padding.

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If your elements need bigger margin, it will just collapse with the minimum margins.

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