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To: tejek who wrote (249291)	9/4/2005 4:01:37 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571893

"then the war for the South lasted much longer.........at least until the 1900's." Another aspect is that as northern companies modernized their equipment, they would ship the old stuff down South and set it up. Since the old equipment wasn't as efficient, nor produced as goods of quality of goods, wages were lower. Note: this wasn't some grand conspiracy, just economics. Something that Germany needs to keep in mind as the old West Germany does the same to the East. Make no mistake, the South never forgot Reconstruction. Just like Georgia never forgot Sherman's March To The Sea, burning everything in his path. The landholders encouraged anger with the North. The Deep South is littered with shrines to this or that, battlefields are carefully preserved and re-enactments of battles are common. The North winning wasn't anything pre-ordained. If some small things had gone the other way, the North would have lost. So the feeling that "we wuz robbed" is very strong. The benefit the landholders got from fanning the flames is that it made people less likely to seek change in the system. Which was fine with them. Economic development made a huge difference. Prior to the 1960s and 1970s, being an obvious Yankee anywhere in the rural South could have a negative impact on your well being. That isn't true any more. The racism had faded a lot for the same reason. And the South is better for it.