1. "Even the master who worked his slaves to death or flogged them...had perhaps a certain moral advantage over the capitalist manufacturer"
@richardmskinner @delong There was a revival of Old South nostalgia in 1920s/1930s due to Southern Agrarians, who Wilson read.
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@HeerJeet@delong those were the days when a liberal intellectual didn't have to care about race. Cc:@ProfHansNoelThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Wilson echoes pro-slavery arguments from 1850s by people like George Fitzhugh in "Cannibals, All"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet slave/master relations are pseudo-familial and thus affectionate. Boss/worker relations are contractual and thus solely economic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet so, Agrarian view of old south as idealized form of Gemeinschaft appealed to depression-era liberals disillusioned with capitalismThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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