You ignore calamitous suffering so easily it is frightening.
I ignore nothing. That you so easily scapegoat the terrible mistakes of your progenitors is disappointing.
Some people place more value on politicians and their constructed pieces of paper (ie their laws) than they do human life.
Lincoln’s stated objective was to “hold the union together,” no matter how many other people’s lives it cost. He would have sacrificed 10 million to satisfy his political ambitions. What difference did it make to him as long as he could still draw breath?