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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1136893)5/28/2019 1:12:21 PM
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Sorry, Winfastorlose, but I'm with RDK on this one:
But the truth of the matter, is that slavery was only a minor issue with respect to that war.
Slavery was the primary political issue that divided the North and the South. There were many other issues, of course, but this was the big one.

Slavery factored into many different aspects of society besides economics. There was obviously a racial component to it. There was a theological component as well (e.g. Did the Bible really condemn slavery?). There's a cultural aspect, especially rural vs. urban that should be familiar today. And of course there was the question of federal power vs. states rights.

I don't doubt that the picture is much more complex than what the snowflake SJWs portray. But I for one don't think there is any value in downplaying how prominently slavery factored into the picture.

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