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.
You like to put words in people’s mouth and then endlessly expound upon it. I have never said that the confederacy or the Davis regime were the model to follow. The hope is that the current South will never give in to an overbearing and socialist Federal Government. In fact, the current South is closer (politically) to what this country ought to be like than anywhere in the country. Of course some of the cities are liberal cesspools everywhere and this is more of a city vs. rural fight. Put the rebellious nature of the South is certainly a plus in this day and age.