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Of course he blames Lincoln for everything.

Lincoln won, nobody else is responsible for the utter lack of limitations on contemporary government.

However, the author does have a very good point.

Namely, that if we're critizing Lincoln, by definition, we aren't critizing Davis, or JFK, or Reagan.

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Lincoln won, nobody else is responsible for the utter lack of limitations on contemporary government.

Good example of a logical fallacy.