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yabai@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh I’ve got a good one. Learned in the American south. Supposedly the American Civil War was not fought over slavery, but differing railroad track widths. Slavery was a minor detail that was a scape goat for the north to force the south to use its standard railroad width.
The American South will attempt to make any minor issue as the root cause of the Civil War, except for the slavery issue.
Afterall, slavery and racism wasn’t that ingrained in the society. If you look past the court cases, extra judicial killings, lynching, riots, coups and massacres.
lol
prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s not just about slavery. There was also state’s rights (to slavery), and the economic disparity (turns out free men work harder than slaves?!), and a clash of religious ideals (people that interpret the Bible as pro-slavery vs people that believe benevolence requires abolition). There were even one or two spots where water usage rights and federal funding were in controversy.