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And so my faith in humanity continues to drop.......
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Americana: [QB] Proctor: "All right, here's your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War?" Apu: "Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter--" Proctor: "Wait, wait... just say slavery." Apu: "Slavery it is, sir." I should also note that, as Shik alluded to above, the US relied on slavery for its economic infrastructure since its inception, as had many of history's most powerful nations. It wasn't until the Civil War that it had declined as an institution enough to make a convenient scapegoat for the United Empire of America to use in continuing to justify its existence. Why do you think slavery existed in the first place? Because all those evil southerners, who happened to oppose Emperor Lincoln (the tyrant alluded to in the Maryland state song!), hated black people? It didn't matter who the slaves were; their monoracial composition was just an unfortunate result of historical factors. Ultimately, slaves were a component of the southern economy, a component that was soon to be eliminated by social and technological factors. Again, the true reason the Confederacy is so extremely villified is that the notion that such a large group wouldn't want to be part of the US is intolerable to existing national dogma. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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