(August 13, 2015 at 6:40 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Most people misunderstand a lot about the civil war. Although I think there are a lot of correct things about that video lets not forget that Kentucky, a slave state, fought on the side of the Union. Also lets not forget about the horrid racism of most people in the north. The north was full of white racists. Is it realistic that the northern racists would fight a war to free southern blacks? No, it is not. Would they fight a war to keep their country together? Yes. It seems like people typically make the issues too simple.
Another annoying thing is how the man in the video says he's proud of the fact that people went to war to free the slaves. Really??? How about the fact that almost every other country in the world ended slavery peacefully? I'd be embarrassed that it took a war to end slavery if I were him.
But here's the thing. All the other countries who ended slavery peacefully, did not need the revenue generated by slave labor directly and indirectly as the US did. (sale of cash crops and the taxes that were collected.) Even in the North where slavery was abolished, they couldn't grow or didn't need the cash crops because the southern stated provided those materials so inexpensively (no lablor costs) it was not feesable for them to grow them where they could be grown. So it was easy for them to let go of an institution they no longer needed. Why Keep slaves when you can buy the products they make so Cheap? This was why just about everyone besides us let their slaves go in their main land countries, because theu did not need slaves when someone off shore was providing them the products they wanted. (Remember England and France still kept slaves in their colonies/plantations even after our civil war.)
Like it or not the US Needed slavery when it was being established, because we had no other 'National products' to offer. slavery provided us with the means to purchase all the other lands held by foeign countries (France/Spain) It funded everything we needed to get off our feet. We owe the slaves everything, to forget this by just condemning what was done is to forget who we were and why we were that way. If we just ascribe their enslavement to the greed of the land owners it makes their sacrifices mean nothing.
Does this sound familiar? Black Friday, cyber Monday, ect, ect.. I have an old news paper add that shows a new microwave (1970's) for $600.00 and a 19" Color TV for 550.00. This was 30+ years ago. This is why can we buy this stuff so much cheaper with our devalued dollar.
We do not have to keep slaves in this country any more because other are willing to do so for us just like the south did for the north. Like the north we can pretend to abhore it, but in reality everything we own/The products that make our lives easier, the same products that were moved off shore so we could by them cheaper (Because those countries allow slavery, just under a different name) provide us with the items we want at a price we can afford to not have our own slaves for... everything except our produce/food. That we must still have slaves for the majority of the country.
