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Just a side note, just because the United States fought a war that most people think it was about slavery. It was not. The North profited off of slavery. This was all to consolidate power and build up the federal government, which nowadays is constantly overreaching into our lives. Also, it is very concerning given the divisive climate in our country and the accelerating powers of the executive branch with the erosion of checks and balances that possibly we are on the verge of another Civil War. It could be thought that given the rate of incarceration, we just don't see the human suffering like we did back then. Maybe nothing's really changed. And maybe white people, the poor whites are all a part of this system too. I mean, look around America. What do we have, but cheeseburger stands. And five lane highways going through our neighborhoods with monster trucks running over kids. I mean, in a very short period of time, I've had three incidents where I have been around firearms that put me in danger. Slavery was an inefficient, outdated system of Managing Society. The same powers that justified slavery are the same powers both left and right that run the country in the United States. Have y'all heard of a Dixie Democrat? For there is no war but the class war. I am a cracker, but there are black people that have the same opinion as me. And I get a lot of my theories based upon their opinions. No war but the class war libturds
The rest of your comment is just arguing against points no one made.
You and others try desperately to bend and twist history to be something different than it was. It's pretty simple: the Civil War started because the South seceded, and the North said "No."
So the question is only why the South seceded. And I guess we can never know for certain, because it's not like we can get a prioritized list of reasons for secession from each state that seceded OH WAIT YES WE CAN.
Each state listed their causes for secession, and primary amongst their concerns was slavery, whether is was concern for Northerners eventually getting rid of slavery, or upset that slaves escaping to the North were not being returned, or even that some Northern states were abolishing slavery within their states.
Yes, some Northern states still benefitted from slavery at the time, and yes, Lincoln was prepared to grant slavery in perpetuity to the slave-holding states, so it's clear that the Northern states were not fighting to end slavery. However, that doesn't change the main two things that led to the Civil War:
The Southern states seceded to preserve slavery.
The Northern states said "No."
Opinions promptly ignored.