Quote:
Originally Posted by MetaMan
Let me ask this again to people:
You really believe rich and powerful white people started the civil war to protect a bunch of black slaves?
THAT WAS THE TRUE REASON THAT YOU BELIEVE IN?
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serious response:
no, i don't believe that was the reason. because that wasn't the reason. it wasn't to morally protect black slaves. it was to protect the economic and political systems of slavery.
and sure, there were secondary and tertiary reasons, militias, states rights, etc. but those also hinge around protecting the entrenched system.