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Originally Posted by jimbomaybe
Allow me to pour gasoline on this bonfire, the historical importance of the civil war was the preservation of the "United States" slavery an antiquated , barbaric intuition would have fallen of its own weight in any event. Had the then United States been split in two it would never had become the economic, political and most importantly the military power it has , that would have changed the course of history and who know where that may have gone
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As I've stated we deal with one issue at a time. REALITY where we actually live does not happen that way. I would not expect or demand that anyone read all my posts. But, I did say that Lincoln unlike what is INDOCTRINATED to students in our current school system had as his main goal to preserve the Union. Not to free the slaves.
Slavery? As much as we try to believe, we would have.......... The reality was that half the wealth of the south was in the value of slaves. Would I would WE give up 1/3 of our wealth. Add to that, imagine a violent uprising of 1/3 of your population. A source of wealth. The north had few slaves. Saintly, no. Immigrant labor was cheaper and plentiful. New York famous for great natural harbors, made a lot of money exporting cotton to europe.
Reality, history, is far different and more interesting than what most people know or wish to know. Nothing is as simple as the HATE that seem to be running our country.
The simplistic view we are good and they are evil.