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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It wasn't though, even for them. It made them dumber and their society less prosperous and resilient. The North didn't win because they were morally in the right (they were), but because slavery is inherently less productive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It made the southern states more prosperous... IF you exclude black people from the definition of people, which is what slavery did.

[–] grue 2 points 1 year ago

IF you exclude black people and also the majority of white people (i.e. everybody who wasn't a member of the planter class), you mean.

[–] Galluf 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's certainly debate about that. And that's the exact discussion you want to see occuring as that's what teaches critical thinking.

So yes, you should be discussing the beneficial aspects of slavery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure the south lost because of the 3:1 soldier advantage, and besides Lee the North had all the best military leaders and experience. Some say the industrial output of the north mattered more, but truth is the south had plenty of weapons but no people to use them.