Without Lincoln, there would not be an all powerful central gubmint either.
It wasn’t required by Lincoln to get to what it is today. The people in this country are the ones who factor into what it is right now, and not Lincoln. They are the ones who are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE,
Without Lincoln we would have no such country. We would be a series of Banana Republics, with each one having a lower status than Botswana or Syria or Libya ... LOL ...