For the first time in my life, I believe the wrong side won the Civil War.
I wonder how a divided nation would have fared aginst the Nazis of the mid-twentieth centery and the Communists of the late twentieth century.
I wonder how our two nations, the United States of Middle America and the United Coastal Socialist States would fare now against our enemies.
Given that the UCSS would be the new Workers Paradise, I wonder where the bulk of the population would immigrate to.
Just wondering.
Why are you convinced that things would have been all that much different in an independent confederacy? Look at the politicians they send to Washington today. Big spending, big government politicans, the lot of them. Pay lip-service to conservative principles but will drop those when convenient. Davis himself nationalized industries, proposed huge income taxes, seized private property, ignored his constitution, and stomped on state's rights when he wanted to.
The problems we face today have far more recent origins, and have originated from all parts of the country. You can't blame it on the Civil War or state positively that the confederacy would have been a whole lot different.