Like any major political change, it has to occur slowly. We can't just snap our fingers and declare that ingrained political structures can change overnight. Our Presidents have always known that if we made slavery illegal from the get-go, that we'd risk a civil war. Incremental change is hard to deal with, but its the only way to change things politically. Look at marijuana. It should be legal, but we have to first go about the bullshit "medical marijuana" angle first.
Completely lost on the illogical left. If George Washington an abolitionist, he could not have been the first president and someone less qualified would have been chosen in his place. The southern states would never have accepted it and would not have agreed to join the union if abolition was a stated priority. We would all be worse off as a result.
In real terms, slavery only lasted in the US for about seventy years. A blink of the eye in historical terms.
Like any major political change, it has to occur slowly. We can't just snap our fingers and declare that ingrained political structures can change overnight. Our Presidents have always known that if we made slavery illegal from the get-go, that we'd risk a civil war. Incremental change is hard to deal with, but its the only way to change things politically. Look at marijuana. It should be legal, but we have to first go about the bullshit "medical marijuana" angle first.
Completely lost on the illogical left. If George Washington an abolitionist, he could not have been the first president and someone less qualified would have been chosen in his place. The southern states would never have accepted it and would not have agreed to join the union if abolition was a stated priority. We would all be worse off as a result.