I guess if you knew basically nothing about US history that would be a convincing statement.
You mean so the democrats could own their slaves. Funny how things have not changed
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
amerika@annihilation.social 10 months ago
@wintermute_oregon @LookBehindYouNowAndThen
Slavery sucked because it was diversity.
It was also cruel and pointless, since it was low quality labor.
The solution is ending diversity.
LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We’ve been over this, remember?
Abraham Lincoln himself said the slavers called themselves Conservatives. You want to pretend like the great realignment didn’t happen, because facts are inconvenient to the narrative you find useful.
I know reactionaries are anti-intillectuals, but the reading assignment was pretty short.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Lincoln was a conservative himself. He described himself as a conservative and historians Label him as one. In the speech you cited, he was speaking as a conservative to other conservatives.
Democrats owned slaves. Democrats still want to own slaves.
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Ending slavery is not a conservative position by definition. Conservatism means continuing the system that is currently in place and accepted.
amerika@annihilation.social 10 months ago
Not correct. Conservatism aims for the eternal. Our system is feudalism, which chattel slavery replaced.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Ending slavery is a conservative value. Since we believe all men are equal, slavery by default insults that position.
LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Conservatives did not consider Lincoln a conservative. They considered a revolutionary. You’re lying.
amerika@annihilation.social 10 months ago
By definition, the Radical Republicans were progressives.
Back then it had a lot more to do with industry than Communism.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I get you don’t read well but see how Lincoln uses the word we. It’s including himself. Lincoln was a conservative. He was a Republican.
Lincoln was not a progressive.
amerika@annihilation.social 10 months ago
Democrats were conservative back then.