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In reply to the discussion: Good to see the anti-war movement still alive [View all]NickB79
(20,382 posts)44. Absolutely
Let's not forget that the Confederate States of America enshrined slavery and the supremacy of white men over Black men in their Constitution. They were in it for the long haul, and only another war would have dismantled slavery if the South had gained independence.
Going off on an alternate history sci-fi tangent: If the South managed to hang onto slavery until the 1930's, and the Nazi Party also came to power in the 1930's like it did in our timeline, I firmly believe the Confederacy and Nazi Germany would have allied and brought down the United States. The Axis powers would have won. Man in the High Castle/Wolfenstein kind of stuff.
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Um, someone needs to inform Putin, Hamas, etc. of this "new age" because they are very much
Coventina
Mar 2024
#5
And there was no way to destroy humankind in those wars...except towards the end of WWll.
brush
Mar 2024
#51
Too bad for all those poor chumps who would have continued to be enslaved for decades, huh?
Sky Jewels
Mar 2024
#43
"two choices would be liberals vs. progressives"Not sure why you think that, not just Southern States voted for Trump:
EX500rider
Mar 2024
#45
I dunno. Germany was close to developing an A-bomb. And the Soviets would have too.
brush
Mar 2024
#53
They're only anti-war when it helps Putin. They support Russia's takeover of Ukraine.
LeftInTX
Mar 2024
#18
What you are describing is isolationism, which has not worked for America in 100 years...
Hekate
Mar 2024
#14
I see, increasingly, the Vietnam and Iraq wars mentioned in discussions of Israel/Palestine.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#48
Oddly, when told of the Chinese atrocities in Tibet in years past I've encountered some DUers who repeat Chi. propaganda
Hekate
Mar 2024
#49