• @Donebrach
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    1110 months ago

    I think the Union’s stake in the civil war was more about federal supremacy over the United States (which obviously goes without question in a federal system). Ending slavery was just a function of that goal. I say this as someone who grew up in the southwest and is wholly committed to the authority of the federal government over individual states because that is obviously the system outlined in the constitution.

    Of course “The North” was just as racist and still is just as shitty and racist as every other part of this country.

    P.S. “The South” can suck it as a name, I propose a better title for former confederate states: The Losers (since it seems a certain demographic therein needs reminding).

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      10 months ago

      Sure, the North wanted consolidation. Of course the only reason the south seceded was because the federation said no more slaves

      Many of the people in the North were as racist as the South, but the government was less so

      • @Donebrach
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        510 months ago

        I don’t know what you are saying other than exactly what I said. Also The Federation isn’t a government yet, you’re about 140 years too early.

        • @psud
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          210 months ago

          What did the south secede from?

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            10 months ago

            pretty sure it wasn’t The Federation.