Posted by Lilly from libsci111.library.Vanderbilt.Edu (129.59.152.111) on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 12:11PM :
In Reply to: What Kind Of American.... posted by panch from pool0153.cvx24-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (209.179.210.153) on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 8:11AM :
Around here, they call it the "War of Northern Aggression." Though I'm glad it eradicated slavery, I'm not glad it gave the federal government the authority to over-ride state governments... It's also known as a war for states' rights. The people down South were completely devastated by the war & especially its aftermath, when rich Northern folk took advantage of the Southern economy, that was in complete shambles, & still do. The argument can be made that the North did not use slaves anymore - they had the industrial revolution & child labor. What the civil war gave you, outside of the good thing - the freedom of slaves - was the foundation for the rich to manipulate a massive federal government with more power than the constituent state governments. No more boundaries between the states for commerce to be checked & taxed. Local farmers & communities have died off with the rise of a powerful elite who control & manipulate goods & people completely unchecked. Who can say that slavery doesn't exist? At the hands of an unchecked industry, people of all colors are even more of a commodity than before.
-- Lilly
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