[DoodleDawg]

To quote John Maynard Keyes, "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do sir?"

I might change my mind for facts, but not for your opinion.

Slavery could not have been abolished if the states had been allowed to express their own free will. You yourself said exactly this same thing earlier in the thread. Have you forgotten?

Slavery was abolished in the U.S. by states ratifying the 13th Amendment through their own free will.

You clearly recognize the truth, even though you are loath to speak the truth on this matter. Had the Southern states not been coerced into agreeing, that amendment would never have passed.

Coercion because you say so?

But this begs the question of what is the purpose of getting the states consent when you are forcing them to consent by military pressure? The states become nothing but a sock puppet for the master of the Military, which is effectively what a Dictator is.

Now you're getting silly again.

[DiogenesLamp]

I might change my mind for facts, but not for your opinion.

It is in fact your own opinion as you demonstrated previously on this thread.

Slavery was abolished in the U.S. by states ratifying the 13th Amendment through their own free will.

So am I to believe you now that you are saying this, or am I to believe what you were saying before?

Which one of your opinions should I believe?