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Having 600,000 good men killed over perceived unjust wages and "human dignity" is still not justifiable. This is especially in light of the fact that slavery around the world was in its dying stages. Furthermore, the imprudent war of Northern aggression, a violation of the Constitution led to many other great evils such as:

- the destruction of a morally superior agricultural society by a morally inferior industrialized society

- a modern conception and undertaking of total war as shown by Sherman's march

- plus the rise of racist organizations such as the KKK post war

The sum total of the evil effect that came out of the Civil War is completely disproportionate to any good that came out of it. This was shrewdly perceived by Pope Pius IX who recognized the Confederacy for the legitimate government that it was.

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Is this a joke?