So This Fucking Moron Is On The School Board In Colorado

[Mystical]

Heywood,
If half my body doesn't voluntarily move with the other half, then would you say still that I voluntarily took a step forward?
How about taking into account that my other half not only held on to a fencepost for dear life and then started punching the half that tried to take the step forward, but both sides of my body got into a knife fight with the other half, and I had to cut my disobedient to my brains' arm off the damn fence, in order to take that step?

Voluntary, right?

American Civil War

Agriculture was the primary component of the southern economy, of which cotton production towered in importance. Indeed, “King Cotton” accounted for over half of all U.S. exports.

Slaves chiefly provided the labor for working in the cotton fields. The prosperity of the cotton plantations underscored the South’s reliance on the slave trade, which is why most Southerners associated any perceived threat to slavery as a direct challenge to their livelihood and culture.

The North, on the other hand, was heavily industrialized. Immigration was encouraged to provide the labor supply, as slavery was outlawed. Factories and railroads were abundant and businesses desired to expand into recently acquired western territories. Only a small percentage of people living in the North were dedicated abolitionists, but the concern over competing against slave labor in the new territories was widely held.

After decades of industrialization, the northern states became dependent upon an active federal government to oversee the construction of an effective transportation infrastructure, and to pass laws designed to look after their financial interests. The agrarian South was much less interested in a strong influence emanating from Washington, D.C. and believed that the individual states largely owned the right to dictate public policy. What’s more, Southerners feared an overreaching centralized government might abuse its power and meddle with the institution of slavery

Prior to the Civil War, taxes on imported commodities were levied to raise money for governmental operations. These special taxes were called tariffs and were the primary source of revenue for the nation (the Feds hadn’t yet discovered the income tax). The North supported high tariffs, because in addition to raising money for the federal government, they helped protect their goods from foreign markets. The South imported most of their manufactured products, and naturally opposed tariffs and the resultant higher prices.


Following the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, several southern states seceded from the Union. War finally erupted in April 1861 when the South fired upon the federal position at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

Eh the southernors loved their free worker society, and wanted people to leave them alone. They didn't voluntarily do anything, except finally surrender. They even threw a tantrum when they lost the presidential election and seceded from the union. They even made their own confederate flag and government.
I agree with Min
The Union Army is who freed the slaves, therefore its not voluntary in the least. What I'm posting here is what I was taught in school. It rings true that more than one thing started the war, and only a gun to their head would stop it, because of how dependent upon slaves the southern culture was.