[tylerdurden]

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Why wait until secession then?

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A large part of the reason the South seceded when it did was that the North was blocking expasnion of slavery into new western states which would tip the balance of power in congress where anti-slavery states would have the votes to do that.

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I've thought about this response, and the others in the same vein, those giving convoluted explanations trying to justify union aggression, for a long time.

What you're telling me is that you're defending a system that, in order to outlaw slavery, needed half of the participants to withdraw from the system, then have the other half invade and conquer the secessionists, using conscripted soldiers, and killing 600,000 in the process.

Man, what a system. Where do I sign up?