“I also think it is eroneous to equate modern parties with 19th century parties. The ideology of both the Republican and Democratic parties has greatly changed since the 1860s.
In the 1860s, the Republicans were the big city liberals intent on big government projects, high taxes, high spending, protectionism, etc.
Also they lived in the very same areas of the country that today are dominated by Liberal Democrats.
Boston was a liberal area in 1860, and it’s still a liberal area today. The names may have changed, but the regional attitudes, ideology and philosophy of those areas are still relatively unchanged.”
You said all this already. Are you saying the Republicans of today would be for slavery? Or that the Repubs back then were generally for it? Either way is nonsense. Ever hear of “The Great Society” program passed by Lyndon Johnson? The welfare program destroyed the Black family. He said “I’ll have those n*****s voting Democratic for 200 years” (even though the Left denies it). They are STILL slaves to the DemocRAT party, and they will stay that way. I revere the Constitution and the RAT party shites on it every chance they get. The Repubs at least give lip service to it. If the RAT party cheats its way to victory in 2024, it’s GONE along with ALL our freedoms. Which is the party of liberty today and which is the party of Fascism?
Well today, the Republicans (Not the Gope) are the party of liberty, and the Democrats are the party of Fascism.
But in 1860, it was the other way around. People don't realize just how much collusion was going on between corporations and the Republican party and corporations and the government.
Railways act of 1862 was a huge corporate giveaway and it was promoted by a former corporate railroad lawyer named Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln himself even came to realize how dangerous it was for corporations to control the government. He had this to say about it.
" I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”