I was being bullied by a clown who was considerably taller than me. Then he found out that the short would-be victim could duck under his grip and crotch-punch him!
Whites in the GOP, and before them, the federalists with a few ‘Democratic Republicans) tossed into the mix, fought for liberating Slaves. Please note that I said ‘Slaves,’ And not ‘Black People.’ That’s because white people were sold into slavery as well. Anyhow, it was the Southern, Democrat-run states that insisted on a system of slavery to allow for large scale agriculture. Slaves were cheaper(Supposedly) thanpaying free men. Had tempers on both sides been kept in check, the Industrial Age would have seen Slavery die a peaceful death by the 1880s, maybe even early 1870s, as educating slaves would have been more costly than hiring people.
“… the Industrial Age would have seen Slavery die a peaceful death by the 1880s, maybe even early 1870s, …”
Agree with this as I have seen this assessment several times. The only quibble seems to be the timeline with most arguments leaning towards the early 1900s. Of course that timeline means another generation of slaves so CW-1 was justified in the eyes of some.
Regardless, mechanization would have killed off slavery eventually. The care and feeding of farm implements is far less expensive than supporting humans.
And yet in 2025 all races struggle for or to maintain their little piece of freedom. If that horrific war was fought to end slavery (It wasn’t), then that side lost.
May 23, 2025 at 8:16 am
The 300
The South instituted black slavery because the average life expectancy of white indentured servants in the malarial areas of the plantations was two years.
Northern industrialists found that it was cheaper to underpay free workers than to use slaves that required food and housing. It’s one of the reasons the North got so much richer so much faster than the South and won the Civil War. Once Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, slavery’s days were numbered and probably would’ve been done with by the 1870s.
Secession was about slavery.
The war was about secession.
The former states of the CSA were and are held in bondage to the Union, that was redefined by Lincoln and his cronies.
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Could be their gibbous is waning.
Took bloody long enough.
I read that as “…gibbons is waning”.
Bullies are best handled one on one with overwhelming force…in process as we speak.
I was being bullied by a clown who was considerably taller than me. Then he found out that the short would-be victim could duck under his grip and crotch-punch him!
Zar Belk!
Whites in the GOP, and before them, the federalists with a few ‘Democratic Republicans) tossed into the mix, fought for liberating Slaves. Please note that I said ‘Slaves,’ And not ‘Black People.’ That’s because white people were sold into slavery as well. Anyhow, it was the Southern, Democrat-run states that insisted on a system of slavery to allow for large scale agriculture. Slaves were cheaper(Supposedly) thanpaying free men. Had tempers on both sides been kept in check, the Industrial Age would have seen Slavery die a peaceful death by the 1880s, maybe even early 1870s, as educating slaves would have been more costly than hiring people.
“… the Industrial Age would have seen Slavery die a peaceful death by the 1880s, maybe even early 1870s, …”
Agree with this as I have seen this assessment several times. The only quibble seems to be the timeline with most arguments leaning towards the early 1900s. Of course that timeline means another generation of slaves so CW-1 was justified in the eyes of some.
Regardless, mechanization would have killed off slavery eventually. The care and feeding of farm implements is far less expensive than supporting humans.
And yet in 2025 all races struggle for or to maintain their little piece of freedom. If that horrific war was fought to end slavery (It wasn’t), then that side lost.
The South instituted black slavery because the average life expectancy of white indentured servants in the malarial areas of the plantations was two years.
Northern industrialists found that it was cheaper to underpay free workers than to use slaves that required food and housing. It’s one of the reasons the North got so much richer so much faster than the South and won the Civil War. Once Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, slavery’s days were numbered and probably would’ve been done with by the 1870s.
Secession was about slavery.
The war was about secession.
The former states of the CSA were and are held in bondage to the Union, that was redefined by Lincoln and his cronies.
In modern times, it would appear that
Robots are destined to replace human
tasks and maybe even people themselves.
Robot at the bar to another robot “want
another glass of WD 40?”
AOC would be serving them. Cheaper than robots.