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9. Predatory capitalism

Sat Feb 27, 2021, 09:24 PM

Feb 2021

is still very much with us.

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Why Poor, Non-Slaveholding White Southerners Fought In The Civil War [View all] TomCADem Feb 2021 OP

Or, as LBJ said about 100 years later: Ocelot II Feb 2021 #1

The economic irony.. Xolodno Feb 2021 #6

They kept themselves down by hating black people more than JI7 Feb 2021 #10

That one quote made me like LBJ a whole lot more than I had. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #17

They were drafted and would be tried for treason if they deserted. patricia92243 Feb 2021 #2

Incorrect. TomCADem Feb 2021 #5

I have both... ananda Feb 2021 #3

My mom is from the south.. LeftInTX Feb 2021 #7

Yes, slavery was certainly not confined to the rich. ananda Feb 2021 #22

One of my great grandfathers was born in 1860 LeftInTX Feb 2021 #24

Predatory capitalism moondust Feb 2021 #9

True enough. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #18

Randi Rhodes explained it best years ago on Air America. Hoyt Feb 2021 #12

We've been pretty judgy about the caste system in India. summer_in_TX Feb 2021 #13

The Yankee Army is coming to rape your mother and...... UGADawg Feb 2021 #14

How my granddaddy explained it . . . AverageOldGuy Feb 2021 #15

That brush is too broad and lacks the paint to prove it. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #20

But also, slave ownership was more common than most people realize ThoughtCriminal Feb 2021 #23

The highest estimate I have seen is 1/3 TomCADem Mar 2021 #26

1/3 is substantial ThoughtCriminal Mar 2021 #27

The Confederate states had a draft, for one thing. Nt raccoon Mar 2021 #29

Only a 1/5 of Confederate Soldiers Were Drafted TomCADem Mar 2021 #30