You two guys are proving my point about how historians have covered it up with all of this CW-era navel gazing as if everything was brand new in 1840.
Separately,
DiogenesLamp, as to this audiobook, it’s more related to our discussions. The last comment you made to me was that you think we talk past each other - I tend to agree. I’m not trying to re-litigate the civil war because as I said above it’s boring.
But I’m not letting the progressives off the hook as you have done and eagerly do. What this book points to (parts of it) is the fallacy that the progressives have created, right up to the 1619 project.
Something I have told people for years is this.
If you want to understand how to get out of a bad situation, you need to understand how you got into it." Much that is wrong with this nation today comes from the civil war.
Anchor babies? 14th amendment. That wasn't the intention of the 14th, but it is the unintended consequence.
"Gay" marriage? 14th amendment.
Abortion on Demand? 14th amendment.
Banning prayer in schools? 14th amendment.
Wickard v Fillburn? Incorporation doctrine from the 14th amendment.
Just a few examples of how the civil war is still screwing up America today.