We aren’t a democracy.

We’re a republic.

Freeing slaves would give them actual power

It was taken into consideration

“Freeing slaves would give them actual power.”

Bullshit.

So you're for slavery?

Ok my dude

He's for slavery

It wouldn’t because, even if they freed all the slaves, they would still only have about one-fifth of the nation’s population.

Then they were marginal

Whats the problem?

The South was marginalized regardless of slavery.

Maybe the South should git gud

You sound like a socialist or communist right now

Instead of muh farms

At the beginning of the war, the north had 22 million people. The south had 9 million people.

Why doesnt everybody have the same power?

We dont bend over for iowa man

Thems the breaks

The problem is the same problem the rust belt is having and what flyover country has been having for years. If no one gives a shit about you, then things become worse off for you. If people only care about the big cities, then the rural areas become neglected and rot away.

That's including slaves

Then dont live in the Rust Belt

Move out

Yeah, meaning that they would still be a marginalized region.

They still are honestly

It wasn't about not giving a shit. It was about slavery. That's exactly what the Confederate leadership said, in every state, and in their constitution

“Just move out.”

Easier said than done.

No

Mexicans do it all the time

Retard

Just remember, only about 20-25% of people moved out of the Midwest during the dust bowl.

And starting a war because you feel marginaliz is ridiculous

No, it isn’t.

Why arent we liked?
>start war

Yeah it is lol

You cannot be a piss poor region and expect the rich ones to give money to you freely.

By that argument, the American Revolution is ridiculous because the colonies felt marginalized by the British Crown.

The vast majority of federal revenue was from tariffs. The south paid like 8% of the bill. I'm willing to bet more than 8% of federal budget was spent on them.

Colonies had 0 say

South just wasnt happy with theirs

And the south often had about as much say.