Jesus Man. I do want the confederacy v2.0, nor did I ever day that. I want the entire country to be free of socialism, which is the Democratic party. Secession would be the last thing on the To Do list. If all went to hell, Revolution would be much more practical.
Jesus Man. I do NOT want the confederacy v2.0, nor did I ever SAY that. I want the entire country to be free of socialism, which is the Democratic party. Secession would be the last thing on the To Do list. If all went to hell, Revolution would be much more practical.
But under confederacy v1.0 you had a president who consolidated power at the expense of the states in ways Lincoln never dreamed of. Where the government literally took over whole industries like salt and textiles. Where the government proposed income taxes that were confiscatory in nature. Where the president ignored the constitution at will. Where private property such as farm produce or slave labor or cargo space on privately owned ships could be taken by the government without compensation 'for the war effort'. Where people were locked up without trial on the authority of government appointed 'habeas corpus commissioners'. That's the ideal you have for the U.S.?
I don't think that any rational person would deny that we have fallen far afield from what the Founding Fathers vision for this country was. Nor would any rational person deny that this country currently is on a self-destructive course and that it should be halted. But let's not pretend that the confederacy was or would have wound up being a whole lot better. Or that the Davis regime should be our model going forward. I think we have a lot better examples to follow than that.