[rockrr]

The civil war was not about slavery and never will be.

Of course it was. It is central to every sub-argument that any lost causer makes. Money, culture, historical precedent, geography, "states-rights" - they all exist as a factor because slavery was a component.

[DiogenesLamp]

Of course it was. It is central to every sub-argument that any lost causer makes. Money, culture, historical precedent, geography, "states-rights" - they all exist as a factor because slavery was a component.

And yet you still can't address the fact that the North was getting 90% of the money from exports instead of the 28% they earned.

Ugly slave profits kept them pacified. When the profits stopped, the war started. They wanted their slave profit money.

[eyedigress]

Just the same as Brexit is about Nationalism.

[eyedigress]

What I would love for you revisionist history buffs is to bring the Caribbean into it.

Be careful, Uncle Joe and his Rum own that one.