either way, I would maintain the right of secession is one of the pillars of freedom. the civil war turned the prospect of secession from a matter of process to a matter of war, barring a collapse of the federal government. Not to mention establishing federal income tax and extreme Federal overreach in general.
the civil war may have put the issue of slavery to bed, but I argue it is the source of everything wrong with the federal government today.
It was crippled by its atavistic clinging to the antiquated notion of Medieval chivalry and its worship of the idealized woman (matriarchy), and, of course, chattel slavery.
A victorious South would have probably set back US industrialization for a bit, but their system was immune to adaptation, being deliberately grounded in European notions of monarchy and noblesse oblige.
It’s difficult to judge the Confederacy on its own because it was forcefully dismantled. Otherwise, who knows how it would have turned out?
either way, I would maintain the right of secession is one of the pillars of freedom. the civil war turned the prospect of secession from a matter of process to a matter of war, barring a collapse of the federal government. Not to mention establishing federal income tax and extreme Federal overreach in general.
the civil war may have put the issue of slavery to bed, but I argue it is the source of everything wrong with the federal government today.
It was crippled by its atavistic clinging to the antiquated notion of Medieval chivalry and its worship of the idealized woman (matriarchy), and, of course, chattel slavery.
A victorious South would have probably set back US industrialization for a bit, but their system was immune to adaptation, being deliberately grounded in European notions of monarchy and noblesse oblige.