It is to me. As silly as it sounds, I keep finding out shocking things about the civil war as time passes.
The stuff I was taught when I grew up appears to have been all crap. I have began to think that the dynamics faced by the population back in 1861 are the same dynamics we face today.
New York more or less runs the Nation due to it's wealth and influence. Most of the Prominent media centers are headquartered there, the vast bulk of wealth in the nation is concentrated there, and the financial industries and markets are concentrated there.
I saw a documentary last night on public television about the "Mine Wars" of West Virginia. Of course it was mostly a left wing screed throughout the program, but I did catch the significance of one bit of it.
The dominant control of the coal industry lay in the hands of New York. The miners working for nearly slave wages were kept poor by robber Barons of that city.
The steel to build the skyscrapers was produced by coal mined at 40 cents per "long ton." (2200 lbs)
Mine operators had a very thin margin and were really operating the mines at close to break even. The wealth was staying in New York.
Shocking isn't it? lol :-)