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"Well, this may be one of the worst causes known to man, but we're at least doing it in our own self-interest, right?"
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Explanation: In the US Civil War, the seceding Confederate States of America (CSA) fought explicitly for the cause of maintaining slavery against increasing abolitionist sentiment in the USA. The thing is, in most wars, it's the poor who do the dying, and Confederate troops were no exception to this - fighting for the ultrawealthy's right to own human beings while they themselves often went barefoot, both in civilian life and in uniform (as both sides had supply issues for troops, but the CSA's were compounded by the fact that the only thing of value they made was cotton).
Funny thing about cotton. Once a black man, Eli Whitney, invented the cotton gin, suddenly cotton plantations became far more valuable.
Never understood why the teachers talked so much about the cotton gin until I actually grew and picked cotton. Jesus H. Christ it's impossible to get the seeds out by hand. And picking? I'll spare you the gory details, but it's a bloody business. If anyone hasn't tried it, give it a shot, you'll see what I mean.
Doesn't look very black to me