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“The south an industrial powerhouse? lol”

Where, doofus, did I ever mention the term “industrial powerhouse?”

The South, however, was an agricultural powerhouse; and agriculture was a stronger element of the economy in the mid-nineteenth century than industrial output. To whom did the U.S. export industrial goods in the mid-nineteenth century, such that it surpassed the revenues generated by agriculture? Hell, the Northern states in Congress had to pass protectionist laws in order to give Northern industry a hand up.

“Lincoln and Reagan believed a lot of the same things.”

That’s a red herring, and is comparing apples to oranges, because by the time Reagan came around the U.S. had fundamentally changed from what it was in the mid-nineteenth century, such that the U.S. of Reagan’s time hardly resembled the U.S. of Lincoln’s.

Richmond VA was an industrial power house. Tredagar Iron works being one example of Southern industrial enterprise.

The Tredegar Iron Works was a historic iron works in Richmond, the capital of the U.S. state of Virginia.[4] Opened in 1837, by 1860 it was the third-largest iron manufacturer in the United States.[5] During the American Civil War, the works served as the primary iron and artillery production facility of the Confederate States of America. The iron works avoided destruction during the Evacuation Fire of 1865, and continued production through the middle of the 20th century.

The South, however, was an agricultural powerhouse; and agriculture was a stronger element of the economy in the mid-nineteenth century than industrial output. To whom did the U.S. export industrial goods in the mid-nineteenth century, such that it surpassed the revenues generated by agriculture?

If the South was this great rich region they would have paid Britain and/or France to keep shipping clear and won the war buying whatever they needed off of Europe.

Hell, the Northern states in Congress had to pass protectionist laws in order to give Northern industry a hand up.

They did not have to do that, they just thought they did, like today's economic illiterates think we have to have tariffs. We did just fine when the tariffs were reduced.

That’s a red herring, and is comparing apples to oranges, because by the time Reagan came around the U.S. had fundamentally changed from what it was in the mid-nineteenth century, such that the U.S. of Reagan’s time hardly resembled the U.S. of Lincoln’s.

Then why did you bring it up? You say Obama and Lincoln were alike, and I reply Obama is a liar and Lincoln was more like Reagan than like any 20th-21th century Democrat.