[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "I provided no reasons why a section of the Country that produces between 73-85% of all exports to Europe would monopolize trade with Europe?
Are you stupid?"

But that's not a reason, that's a cockamamie lie as are all your more outrageous claims.

[DiogenesLamp]

But that's not a reason, that's a cockamamie lie as are all your more outrageous claims.

This is why I don't bother reading most of what you write. Rather than put forth reasonable or valid points, you tend to prefer histrionics.

The South was producing the money. The North was reaping a large benefit from this money. The South was going to take away that money, and make it even harder for the the North to earn money on it's own.

The North was not going to tolerate this. The North invaded the South to prevent this.

All else is just made up crap to justify what they did.