Yankees absolutely have a 'collective' mentality. That's the reason why those oxygen stealing labor unions exist: 'collective' bargaining, 'collective' agreement, etc. It's also the reason why socialism/communism is so popular in the north.
Now the Coven thinks Judge Napolitano is crazy. These guys.....
I've been using Napolitano because he's not Southern and his facts are completely irrefutable. You'll notice that brojoke attacked the man and not what he said; typical libtard tactic.
Of course there were no darned labor unions on the plantations. Is that your preferred form of labor organization?
First, it's important to note that Napolitano is hightly respected among conservatives, but that he is prone to historical inaccuracies.
Second, the Napolitano material you quoted is not history, it's religion -- like the Apostles Creed among Christians, it represents the core foundation beliefs of our Lost Causer Religion: that secession was not about slavery, that the North started the war, etc., etc....
So we have debated all of these points, at huge length, across many threads.
Napolitano adding his voice to the chorus neither increases nor reduces the validity of Lost Causer arguments.
It's simply important to note that whatever value Napolitano has as a conservative and judge, as a historian he's, well, weak.