I mean that on a personal level of course, but as a follow up how would it have changed the world's history in your opinion....
For instance WWII which side would it have taken?
absent a WBTS or with a CSA winning her FREEDOM from the north, i think the following is likely,
1. there would have eventually been a similar situation between the USA & CSA as there is between Canada/USA now, i.e, peace & a long but peaceful border. for that reason, there would be little difference for many citizens of the CSA than there is now BUT the citizens of the CSA would have FAR LESS a distant & "controlling central government" than we have now.
SOME of the differences you MIGHT notice in touring a FREE dixie would be:
1. prayers in public schools & perhaps nuns/priests in LA schools (there would be MANY differences between the various states, which would be allowed) teaching. some states would ABSOLUTELY forbid abortion;some would allow it.
2.much lower taxes & few "Richmond bureaucrats" making rules for the CSA
3. a very large & well-armed National Guard, with a SMALL "professional" military. there might well be a large navy. the CSA would have learned that lesson during the "War for Freedom".
as for WW1/WW2, i think the south would have fought with GB as an ally, while the Union would have fought with Germany in WW1/WW2 or stayed neutral.
i think, had our forefathers WON their freedom from the union, the CSA would see herself as a VERY GOOD FRIEND of the British Empire & that GB & Europe would be the CSA's main marketplace.
free dixie,sw