I know. You've been beating on that theory since the beginning of our exchange. You seem to have a bit of an obsession with it. What makes me unhappy is that most other people can't see what I see, nor can they follow my explanations much of the time, not enough to sway us from our folly. I feel like Cassandra much of the time, and yes, that is indeed frustrating.
I suspect that you feel it is safer to blame these problems on some person (Lincoln) or event (civil war) so remote that no one can expect you to take steps to correct the problems.
Well, except that Roe v. Wade is directly traceable to the 14th amendment. "Anchor Babies", a topic I am discussing on another thread, is also traceable directly to the 14th amendment. All "Discrimination" cases, including "Gay Marriage" are directly traceable to the 14th amendment, and the elimination of prayer and religion from government sponsored events is likewise a consequence of the 14th amendment.
Once again I will tell you that I grew up conservative, and opposed these things before I even knew how they came to be. When I started learning how things got the way they were, all roads eventually led back to the 14th amendment.
Did we not have the 14th amendment, we would not have abortion. We would not have a ban on prayer in public schools. We would not have "gay Marriage". We would not have "anchor babies", and we very likely wouldn't have a half Kenyan President Obama.
And how did we get the 14th amendment? Well that question leads right back to "THE CIVIL WAR."
You are a victim trapped in a world designed by Abraham Lincoln.
We are all currently victims trapped in a world not designed, but created inadvertently as a consequence of what Lincoln did. In human social interaction, we are in a war of competing principles. When you elevate one group of principles over another, it sometimes produces unpredictable consequences, usually bad.
Currently the liberals are pushing "Change" and "Equality" over "social norms" and "Freedom", and I for one do not see these "equalities" or these "changes" as good for society, for myself or for my family.
I think that you should face squarely the reality that neither Abraham Lincoln nor the civil war has any significant influence on your life or your happiness. I'm not sure that you can do that, though.
Yes Dr. Spock, you just keep barking up that tree. I'm sure there's a Raccoon up there somewhere.
I am telling you the truth. You are not unhappy because of Abraham Lincoln, the civil war or the behavior of anybody else living then or now. You are unhappy because of what you do and don't do. You will not be happy until you accept responsibility for you own life. You need to understand that you have the power to improve your own circumstances and that Abraham Lincoln does not. Your sense of powerlessness is just a crutch that isn't working.
Lincoln doesn't care what you think. You should care what you think.