cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/shermanposting/p/2148889/something-true
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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What the fuck does that have to do with rich people using propaganda to pit Americans against each other. The civil war was a great example of the American people getting owned by the rich as always.
Instead of the wealthy sorting it out they used Americans as pawns in a senseless war. It was a garbage war that produced garbage results.
We still treat blacks like second class citizens to this day.
https://news.uga.edu/total-us-population-with-felony-convictions/
Saying the civil war was only about slavery is a bunch of bullshit. Primary reason, sure.
Well both founding documents for the confederacy (the provisional and constitution of confederate states) name slavery as being a right and is listed at the forefront of the documents, not to mention of the 4 official declarations of succession from (SC MS TX GA) all mention slavery in the first words, the states who did ordinances of succession instead, all also mention slavery with in the first paragraphs. It is in their own words. The civil war was about slavery.
Not arguing that at all. Slavery was the primary reason, but much more was going on.