[DoodleDawg]

If secession became seen as legitimate, those states could simply secede and become part of the Confederacy, which is what I predicted would likely happen over time anyway.

Because you predicted? LOL!

[DiogenesLamp]

Because you predicted? LOL!

Well, it was in the past and postulating an absence of war, so "predicted" is probably not the best term, but it would very likely have happened.

And money would have been the motivating factor.