Message from @Horns
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THE ACTUAL MOTIVATION WAS ELSEWHERE
AS THE MORE NUANCED, COMPLEX HISTORY SHOWS
Cool, I get reddit "muh logical fallacy" response (in caps), then you passive aggressively talk about me to vigilance when I'm not here.
You're a faggot.
The latter isn't in dispute. The former, well, slavery as a force of moral rhetoric that carried practical consequences certainly functions better at building momentum than, I dunno, whether to federally enact trade barriers or free trade.
SLAVERY WAS ALREADY DOOMED
THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER TO LET THE MARKET DO IT OR NOT
WITH THE RISE OF LABOR SAVING DEVICES, IT WAS EASY TO SIMPLY HIRE PEOPLE
That isn't important
NO PENSIONS
IT IS VITAL
YOU ARE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRETEXT AND CAUSE
no it isn't because we are talking in hindsight not what was apparent to people who were having real debates over policies back then.
ONE MUST NOT CONFUSE POLITICAL SYMBOLS WITH REALITY
VOTERS DO NOT LIKE NUANCE
WAS FERGUSON REALLY ABOUT MIKE BROWN?
Well then join me in nuance man
Hail trump
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vaishya party hour.
NUANCE REQUIRES LOOKING AT THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE
AND THAT IS USUALLY ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC, NOT SYMBOLIC
BUT SYMBOLISM IS HOW ONE ACQUIRES VOTES
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nevermind
"Nuance" means never making any specific reference to texts or their history and instead using them in a ham-fisted way in support of temporal political goals.
THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR ARE COMPLEX BUT GO WAY BACK TO THE TENSION BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN STATES
THIS EXPANDED OVER TIME
MOST WARS ARE ECONOMIC
Ok Marx.
My self-proclaimed red-feminist professor agrees with you.
THE LEFT WANTS TO BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE IS AUTONOMOUS
AND EQUAL IN GENERAL ABILITY
THEREFORE, SYMBOLS MATTER MORE THAN REALITY
Rural versus urban is too vague.
Do you have ADHD?
The only people that discuss equality of ability or outcome are right wing critiques. I really just see left wing people talking about relational equality ie power.
Maybe it's different in universities I dunno
EGALITARIANISM IS ALL ABOUT POWER