When has a powerful centralized government ever given up power without killing lots of ‘her’ people? Sure it’s simplified ignoring all the politics and Ft. Sumpter, but history has proven that governments love killing their own citizens to retain power. The Civil War just introduced the killing fields to industrial scale methods of killing using obsolete Napoleonic battle tactics.
When has a powerful centralized government ever given up power without killing lots of ‘her’ people?
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It seems like we are headed in that direction again. Let’s hope not.