• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Nope, but pre civil war the American federal government said it didn’t have the power to force southern states to outlaw slavery.

    If it wasn’t for the civil war, it likely would have taken a lot longer.

    A lot of shit has changed since then, USA used to be more like NATO with each state being closer to a sovereign country.

    Ironically the south started the civil war because they wanted a stronger federal government, and that was the result. It just wasn’t under their control.

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      2 years ago

      Ironically the south started the civil war because they wanted a stronger federal government

      Then it’s weird that every single one of the articles of secession mention slavery in the first paragraph. Sort of like they started it because of slavery.