our present situation seems to be the exact opposite of 1861
Then the South simply wanted to leave. It wanted nothing from the rest of the country. It had a unified culture, based on its borders, and it wanted to preserve it.
Now the anger arises from a radical group who demands the right to live and thrive off the skimmings of governments and other people’s wealth and effort. There is no clear border, as this degraded culture permeates everywhere. The only border seems to be large urban vs. everywhere else, as “large urban” has enjoyed many decades of skimmings of government and bloated debt born by the nation.
The leaders of the South thru a hissy fit because they lost an Election. Like the left, the Confederacy was stamped in evil.
Correct. The south wanted to leave. The anarchists just want to murder us and rob our corpses. Nothing deeper than that.