It's a mixed bag because if we did split into two or more countries a lot of people in the shittier half would instantly lose any semblance of civil rights That was what was at stake the first time they "suggested" splitting uphttps://twitter.com/benjanun_s/status/1323846771265556480 …
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A lot of people like the edgy take "We should've just let the South leave in 1860, half a million people wouldn't have died and the North could've become a much better country for it" "And the CSA would've had to free the slaves in 20 years for economic reasons anyway"
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Yeah well citation fucking needed pal
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The "they would've freed the slaves eventually" thing always pisses me off It's their little get out of jail free card for getting to enjoy wargaming out "What if the South won the war" without feeling bad for rooting for evil
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At least the edgelords who enjoy playing out scenarios of "What if the Axis won WWII" don't bother trying to imagine some kind of Good Hitler who'd miraculously put a stop to the Holocaust
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Or pretend like that makes any political sense, as though a German regime that gave up on the Judenhass wouldn't cause the whole Nazi political project and therefore the Nazi war machine to collapse
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I think people who try to analyze fascism through the wishful thinking "A pied piper casting a magic spell" lens are obviously full of shit Trump doesn't have any magic spell, he's just an avatar of his supporters' hatred
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If you magically replaced him tomorrow with a robot in a Trump disguise trying to turn the MAGA movement toward racial tolerance and progressive values his base would just drop him instantly Half of them already complain he's "too soft"
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