The Wide Awakes: A 19th century club of cape-wearing anti-slavery activists

Any empires dirty deeds accumulate in refugees elsewhere who remember: Iraq, Syria, xinjang, Georgia, Armenia, chchenya,palestina. And at some point it reaches critical mass during a conflict and the whole world just wants that empire gone. And then it goes, hunted by the ghosts of the crimes holding it together back into the pit with no name from which it came.

Re: The Wide Awakes: A 19th century club of cape-wearing anti-slavery activists

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Post by Spooky23 » Sat, Apr 06, 2024, 2:37 PM UTC

yterdy wrote: post #3

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People value their position in the hierarchy.

The confederate soldier was a white dude who was poor because the labor market had no floor with slavery. He lived worse than he should have, but had better social standing than a slave, freedman, or Irish. They died for FOMO, so some rich dudes could live like feudal barons.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 06, 2024, 2:43 PM UTC

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