The first reliable and effective cotton picking machine was not invented until the 1920. It picked as much cotton in 1 day as could be picked by 40 men.
Well, still worth the wait to save hundreds of thousands of Americans, and to prevent the consolidation of power in DC. That war was the beginning of the end.
Progressives have been at it for a long time under a variety of names, but their nefarious goals have always been the same.