Comment on So, is the USA screwed?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 months agoThis is complete hogwash speculation. You have no idea what would have happened to the North if the split had been permanent.
Comment on So, is the USA screwed?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 months agoThis is complete hogwash speculation. You have no idea what would have happened to the North if the split had been permanent.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 months ago
I mean it’s very obviously speculation because nobody has a crystal ball to see the outcome of decisions that never happened. It’s just an interesting thought experiment and something to ponder.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You haven’t factored in the the north’s economy was based on manufacturing things using materials from the south. Industrialists got rich from it and that’s a major factor in why New York cops were returning slaves before the war.
The Industrial Revolution was powered by coal from the south.
Before the public works and refrigerated train cars that made California a farming state, a lot of food was grown down there.