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Originally Posted by dellinger63
Yea it had nothing to do with State Rights v. Federal Rights.
Most of those poor southern dirt farmers loved D.C. telling them how to live.  |
The Civil War was no different from any other war throughout history, as Phil Ochs lamented, "its always the old who lead us to war, always the young who fall". The rich and powerful lead the rest of us by the nose, convincing us that sacrifice is necessary...as long as the young and poor do the sacrificing. How can Washington dare tell folks how to live when rich folks are already doing that?! The poor white person faces a life of working in unsafe conditions for low wages designed to stifle any advancement but the blame isn't placed on the rich landowners/business owners etc. but, in the case of the south (and today, throughout the land) on blacks (or illegals)...poor whites are force-fed this lie and it ultimately consumes their perception...and perception becomes reality. The rich control the world...but history shows that their rule cannot last forever, either their excess will rot the fabric of life (see the Roman empire) or one of the many movements started by disgruntled folks will finally take hold and change will come swiftly and probably violently.