>In 1860, half of the South’s wealth was held in the form of slaves. By the end of the war, it was gone, legally defined into oblivion by emancipation.
oh i am laffin
>tfw this was a tragedy
>tfw you live and were born in New England and you're the only person you know who thinks this for reasons other than "we need to enslave niggers again"
>>903807
When your entire economy is based off of immoral means, you deserve everything you get.
> In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville noted that "the colonies in which there were no slaves became more populous and richer than those in which slavery flourished"
Will the South ever be first world?
>>903810
What are the immoral means on which the modern southern economy is based? If anything, Southerners-white and black-are used as a disposable and highly reliable pool of bodies that the military can count on to fight in its wars. Let's not forget that the south has a very large black population that has been adversely effected by the development of the American economy in areas other than the South.
Really, I have a hard time understanding why you make your claim.
>>903820
>modern southern economy
you mean low end manufacturing thats slipping away thanks to free trade agreements and globalization voted in by southern republicucks? Besides no one is forcing them into the military
>>903823
You act as if that's entirely the fault of the South, as if the American federal government is not at fault. Are you saying you support NAFTA? That was a Clinton thing.
>>903817
Its already richer than most of Europe
>>904009
Slavery was not the main cause of the war.
>>904009
Please stop, your attempts to change my world view are triggering me. I'm literally shaking.
>>904029
Just according to all the seceding state governments and Confederate government. But hey, prove them wrong :)
>>904035
Slavery was not the main cause of the war, the average yeoman hated slave holders and would have never thought to fight for them. Especially in an age without mass media.
The main cause for the war was that not a single southern state voted for Lincoln, and felt an increasing isolation to the grossly bloated population of the north. They felt that they has lost their soviergnty.
They are speaking about a large economic institution that is apart of their country, not as an aspect of a declaration of war.
Regardless, image macros are not allowed outside of /b/.
>>904039
>no citations, no refutations with sources
that's nice, dear
>>903787
Are you fucking retarded?
>>904045
I can't respond to an image macro as a whole from a mobile phone. But okay faggot
>>>/reddit/
>>904045
>muh refutations with sources
This is 4chan anon, where the fuck do you think you are exactly?
It's not his fault you are unaware of common knowledge.
>>904047
who cares? that's irrelevant to any aspect of the argument.
>>904052
No it isn't.
It's very relevant if you aren't a moron.
The post tries to mischaracterize the time period as
"Those evil souther whyte supremacist raycist! This quote about whyte supremacy PROVES it was slavery that caused the war"
Hilarious.
>>904050
get back to focusing on school instead of playing on your phone, kid
>>904057
I'll get back to work fiddling with the network whenever I feel like it faggot.
Calling others "kid" is what kids do anon.
>>904055
>No it isn't.
lol that's nice but when it was the North that granted blacks citizenship and the right to vote you have an uphill argument to make
and northern racism is irrelevant to the cause of the civil war
>>904060
>i won't pay attention in class
>i have to argue with you on 4chan even though i claim that i can't make a proper argument while on my phone
MUH SIDES
>>904062
Good God it's like you don't even read what you're responding to.
This is hilarious.
Go on, post some more Mr. Fedora man.
Slay those whyte southern neo-confederate cousin fucking Devils!
I'll stay over here in Estonia.
>>904068
I already graduated faggot, if you could read. It's time to stop posting.
>>904070
>Good God it's like you don't even read what you're responding to.
ironic post is ironic
>>904075
>It's time to stop posting.
it really is since you admitted you can't make an argument. come back when you can. this thread is going to be up for hours anyway.
>>904082
>>904084
Good God I can smell the BO from my computer screen.
>>904088
Gas the kikes, race war now
>>904111
>corrupting taytay
>>904139
>corrupting
>Imblying
>>904149
>>903787
well they're partly right
blacks now should shut the fuck up about it. Considering it has no effect on their lives.
>>903827
And the Clintons are from the South and the first of the Clintons was elected by the south. In fact if Hillary wins the nomination it will again be because of the South, without those states she loses. So what is your point? Clearly they are fine with the trade agreements that have adversely affected them, they elected the cucks not once but twice.
>>904248
My point is that this is all irrelevant, desu. I think you misunderstood my initial point. The fact that the modern South is in shambles partly because of poor voting decisions by Southerners both white and black does not negate the legacy of economic devastation suffered by the South.
>>905651
Isn't it fair to say they had it coming to them considering their wealth was based off slavery?
>>905651
>My point is that this is all irrelevant, desu. I think you misunderstood my initial point. The fact that the modern black communities is in shambles partly because of lack of voting rights by blacks both in the north and the south does not negate the legacy of economic devastation suffered by blacks.
ftfy senpai
>>903823
The southern economy is not based on low end manufacturing. I can expand if need be, but your assumption is wrong.
>>907838
I don't know, tbqh senpai. Not all of them were slaveowners. I don't know how many times I'm going to have to point out that blacks suffer economic hardship as much as the descendants of slaveowners do. Moreso, probably. I'm not sure why you all hate Southerners when so many of them are black.
>>907853
I don't understand what you're talking about
