[SoCal Pubbie]

I wasn’t doing what before, addressing your points on economic matters as causation of the Civil War? Now that’s not true. I wrote several posts on those matters. While I am not sure of all the details of the arguments you wish to make on that topic, I am completely at a loss as to which social changes you were referencing. It seems so easy for you to make a serious attempt at clarity here. Why post something and then backtrack so mysteriously?

[DiogenesLamp]

I have yet to hear you acknowledge that the South was providing the vast majority of all income from Europe, and therefore was providing the vast majority of all funding for the Federal Government.

I did see you admit to 60%, which ought to prove the point even with the rest ignored, but it does not seem to have dawned on you that this money represents a motive. No, you flatly reject "money" as a motive, and insist that it was all about "social change" that wouldn't change if the South hadn't left.

Me? I always bet on money and power as a motive. That social justice warrior crap is just to fool the dupes. It's always about money and power.