[FLT-bird]

Economics tells the true story, and what the financial numbers clearly show is that the South was going to make a fortune off of being independent, and the North was going to lose an @$$load of money to the South. All else is just blather and noise. Money is the reason slavery existed in the first place, and money is the reason why the South wanted to leave, and Money is the reason why the North was intent on stopping them. The First f***ing thing the North did was to throw up a Naval blockade all around the South. Hello? The whole F***ing war was mostly *LAND BATTLES* and the blockade did very little to affect the military portion of the war. The blockade was totally about economics. It was not done for military reasons, it was done for financial reasons.

3 of the 4 states that even listed causes listed causes other than protection of slavery EVEN THOUGH THESE CAUSES WERE NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL (yes I am including Rhett's address as part of South Carolina's declaration since it was attached to it and sent out along with it).

South Carolina and Georgia talk extensively about economic grievances and Texas mentions that along with the malicious refusal to provide border security as was supposed to be required.

What do countries fight about? Overwhelmingly money. What do individuals fight about? Often money. Of course politicians will always try to couch it in terms of some supposedly noble purpose. Its never a good thing to tell a family their loved one gave his life for money or their son got half of his face blown off and will live the rest of his life a cripple for money....no matter how true it is. The North offered slavery effectively forever by express constitutional amendment. The US Congress passed a resolution stating that they were not fighting over slavery. Indeed, they still had slavery. Lincoln said many times he had no intention to interfere with slavery. Once it became a bloodbath, oh why THEN....magically....years later....against their express earlier statements....it became "all about slavery". Anybody who is not hopelessly naive or a rabid political ideologue can see right through that.

[DiogenesLamp]

Anybody who is not hopelessly naive or a rabid political ideologue can see right through that.

I started out questioning the official narrative when I kept noticing things about the Civil War that just didn't make any sense. I finally realized the official narrative is simply incompatible with demonstrable facts.

We have a "deep state" now pushing this "Russian Collusion" bullsh*t, and I now realize the buearacracy was pushing the equivalent of "Russian Collusion" about the war.

Yes, they made up some bullsh*t, and they got the public to believe it because they control the media, same then as now.