They gave zero shits about slaves. Just like leftists today allow themselves to be motivated to a berserker state over "racism," people in the past were manipulated by "slavery."
This comment is a textbook example of cognitive dissonance. I had actually typed out a clarifying response but I'll probably just get another "lol wut slavery isn't fake" comment so fuck it.
But hopefully anyone else reading these comments can see that it is possible both for slavery to exist and for it to not be the reason why rich people in one part of the country might want to go to war to keep another part of the country economically subservient to them.
They gave zero shits about slaves. Just like leftists today allow themselves to be motivated to a berserker state over "racism," people in the past were manipulated by "slavery."
Manipulated by the thought that people, who were literally slaves, shouldn’t be?
What?
Are you suggesting there wasn’t slavery in southern states, as if it was just a boogeyman like racism is being used today?
This comment is a textbook example of cognitive dissonance. I had actually typed out a clarifying response but I'll probably just get another "lol wut slavery isn't fake" comment so fuck it.
But hopefully anyone else reading these comments can see that it is possible both for slavery to exist and for it to not be the reason why rich people in one part of the country might want to go to war to keep another part of the country economically subservient to them.
I love it when they put words in your mouth too. "So you are saying THIS"