[Ditto]

But what Ditto fails to grasp is that with secession, all that money running through the system would get cut off from the North. The South would eventually run their own trade without the North making any profit from it.

Well my friend, secession happened and the economy in the North did very well, even grew during the war, all without “King Cotton”. Now what is I am failing to grasp? And how did the South pay 75% of Federal taxes. Show me the data.

[DiogenesLamp]

Well my friend, secession happened and the economy in the North did very well

Borrowing. Inflating. Blockading trade from the South. Creating fake money. None of this deals with what *WOULD HAVE* happened if they had not started a war with the South.

They forced all shipping into Northern ports, when those ships would have rather gone to Southern ports at that time.

Now what is I am failing to grasp?

You are failing to grasp what would have happened in the absence of a war. The South would have continued to gain wealth, and the North would have been suffering a massive economic decline.