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 1 month ago
amerika@annihilation.social 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 5 weeks ago
Not correct. Conservatism aims for the eternal. Our system is feudalism, which chattel slavery replaced.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Ending slavery is a conservative value. Since we believe all men are equal, slavery by default insults that position.
LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Conservatives did not consider Lincoln a conservative. They considered a revolutionary. You’re lying.
amerika@annihilation.social 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
Democrats were conservative back then.