Yezzzz, but then you have to consider the fact that the fourteenth amendment was written, and passed by a select few politicians from a select number of states in order to continue punishing a select other few states which they had just invaded, burned, pillaged, starved and murdered. They had not a care in the world what future destruction their handiwork caused, any more than the past destruction they had achieved. You are, today, and seemingly forever into the somewhat dubious future of this country doomed to reap the benefit of there mindless posturing. Be sure to remember them in your prayers.
This is all accurate. I would add that the amendment was illegally ratified. Using armies to force people to vote the way you want is not what the framers envisioned for a ratification process based on consent of the governed.