In most cases, the good guy gets murdered by the Totalitarians. So, I'd bet that Lincoln was the good guy... whatever he might have thought about the writings of Karl.
Lincoln had to choose between the soul of the Nation and the body of the State, and he chose the latter. He preserved the territory at the cost of the founding notion that we were self-governed and members of the Union by our consent.
In most cases, the good guy gets murdered by the Totalitarians. So, I'd bet that Lincoln was the good guy... whatever he might have thought about the writings of Karl.
Habeus corpus being suspended during the civil war and jailing political rivals indefinitely makes you the “good guy” now?
Civil War with the Nation at risk - you bet.
Lincoln had to choose between the soul of the Nation and the body of the State, and he chose the latter. He preserved the territory at the cost of the founding notion that we were self-governed and members of the Union by our consent.
He chose poorly, in my opinion.