Who do you think were the best and worst US Presidents?

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[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Lincoln best? Explain yourself.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Ended slavery and stopped the Southern idiots from further ballooning the black population through cattle-like breeding. It also stopped them from importing new slaves from Africa as they certainly would've done down the line.

Lincoln also wanted to send the blacks back to Africa and started steps towards debt-free money creation via the greenback. This infuriated the banking establishment as well.

Ultimately he was killed and both of these projects fell into disuse.

If he had lived and fulfilled another term, he might be known today as Lincoln the Great.

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Very interesting take.

What do you say when southerners say the war was about state rights, do you agree disagree, whose side are you on?

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think I agree that it was largely about state rights. They felt that the federal government would infringe on their liberties and prerogatives by increasing the number of non-slaver states in the Senate.

It was also about slavery in that the Southern landed nobility did not want to part with their feudal societal structure and pay the slaves. Ironically, it would've been more cost-efficient considering that slaves consumed 90 cents for every dollar they put in.

The South should've simply asked congress to pay them for all the slaves. The slaves would've been freed and then employed immediately by the same owners. The owners would've profited from having to only pay them salaries and not provide other living expenses.

The whole fiasco could've been prevented if the Southern chevalier class had not been so arrogant and full of vain pride. In the end, all they managed to bring about was the destruction of their own lines and fortunes and the devastation of their beautiful lands by Sherman's armies.