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Lol at you basing your opinion from a youtube video.
Do some research goofball.
I have been a casual Civil War buff for a long time. I think the more you understand that war, the more you understand the country. I also think that the "complex causes" ("no war was ever fought for more reasons") meme is a myth that has taken on a life of its own. It's become a truism, but that doesn't mean it is TRUE. If you look at the documents from the time, yeah, there were a lot of issues mentioned, but slavery is almost always the number one.
The war had absolutely nothing to do with slavery...as a moral issue.
It had everything to do with slavery as a money issue though.
Bullshit.
That's like saying "Child labor is an economic issue, not a moral issue."
You can't split those hairs.
Most evil in human history is perpetrated for economic gain. Economic issues ARE moral issues.
Plus, what economic benefit did the North gain from the end of slavery? There was perhaps an economic benefit from preserving the union, but not from ending slavery specifically.
Actually, I do NOT think the war was justified. I think it was a was a war of aggression on the part of the North. But the South and the Confederacy WERE evil. Both sides were in the wrong, albeit for very different reasons.Keep telling yourself that, imperialist Yankee.
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