Message from @metasophocles
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@metasophocles man is that what they did
Thatโs seriously brilliant
God I wish that were us
The only diversity we need is for northerners and southerners to join houses <:4dchess:439923932062154782>
Yeah, Britain only paid off the debt of freeing slaves around 2014
So modern Britons ended slavery directly
Many heroes on both sides. Unnecessary conflict. A costly lesson.
Whether you live in the mountains of Arkansas or Maine, they're coming for us all.
Imagine what we could've achieved if neither side lost their great men <:sad:366743316475281408>
Chances are we wouldn't even be having this discussion right now
A really great series of stories came out of the Spanish American war, when former Confederate and Union soldiers fought side by side to build essentially the American Golden Age of Empire, led by Theodore Roosevelt, the son of southern and northern families
Dude, Imagine if
-The best parts of the North, industrialism, and calm witted resiliance...
Mixed with,
-The best of the South, rugged independence, stubborn desire to fight for every inch of their freedom
America would have been a juggernaut.
So...America from 1880 to 1914
America was a juggernaut
@missliterallywho Wait, did you suggest it, too? Because I remember Server Admin making it shortly after I said we should.
Reconstruction did suck though
@metasophocles I would contend that the culture of the south was mostly destroyed during reconstruction.
America from 1880-1914 was run almost exclusively by NorthEastern Elites.
Black confederate man asking for gibs in confederate money, I'm dyin
Is it actually possible for history to be burned into the genome?
@Tyler0317 I would agree the aristocratic nature of the south was destroyed, but the rugged individualism of westward expansion was implicitly southern
i think reconstruction made the culture of the south even stronger
@metasophocles I'd agree with that.
after it was over there was a big reaction
@metasophocles yea my family had to torch our wealth on the docks.
If that didn't happen, I'd be IE's personal Soros
@Thugged Out Pissed Off Look what became of it tho.
@Goose Same.
My family was 1/2 Plantation elites and 1/2 middle class tradesmen.
After reconstruction, they were all made to be paupers.
Iโve recently started the process of joining SAR. Director ancestor fought in revolution then settled in Tennessee
Having been in both the north and the south. The North is far superior and also has a lot less blegs. But The removal of confederate stuff really really gets under my skin for some reason.
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I can't even comprehend conducting strategies of "Total War" against my literal cousins.
Strange times.
@Tyler0317 ah so your family as well were involved in the transport of cheap labor and farm equipment?
@Tyler0317 Have you ever read "The South Was Right" by Walter Kennedy?
Walter* not Ronald
@Tyler0317 ah, farmers... ๐
Joking of course
Should check out some of the original stuff. Rise and Fall of the Confederacy by Jefferson Davis is very interesting
No problem, haha