[Opinionated Blowhard]

The article is nonsense. What it describes are political battles and arguments that are timeless, not unique to now and the Civil War era.

There is one similarity though: now and during the Civil War era, the Democrats were shameless race baters who exploited race to maintain their power.

[stainlessbanner]

Good observation - dictators, war, class warfare...certainly not limited to 1860’s America.