There's a reason the North wiped out the South: free men create, innovate and prosper, slavery freezes development in place. By 1861, the difference was stark.
Slavery did great damage to the country as a whole up to the present and continues to damage the country. The fertilization of envy by the Democrats and political left has resulted in trillions of dollars invested in destroying the work ethic and family structures of descendants of slaves since the Civil War.
The South had its “peculiar way of life” for about 0.05% of the population. The rest were dependents, black or white. To this day the Democrats build their power on dependency. A vile philosophy.
And that continued under Jim Crow, which was less about race than about keeping the elite in power by dividing poor whites from poor blacks. If they'd gotten together, they'd have swept the old planter class from power during the Populist Movement of the 1890s. The Democrats weren't having it.
It continues to this day. Democrats can only win by promoting division and dependency. Sadly, the GOPe is not far behind in that thinking. 20 million new dependents was not intended to make the country stronger.
Thanks for bringing this truth out. Of course it makes sense that free men create prosperity. It is envy, laziness, and racial prejudice (judging by color of skin or ethnic background) that holds people back. Socialism as today’s slavery is a great concept that should be pushed more. Then people could see it more clearly. Innovation and prosperity come from free men who have a stake in creating more abundance, not from slaves or people with no skin in the game.
Amen!
This article and the truths it presents are sorely needed to be read and spread around to as large an audience as possible.
It undermines and dispels the myths that too many Americans have absorbed for 6 decades and accepted as facts.
Kudos, Rod, for publishing this.
Well done, sir.
Thank you.
Slavery did great damage to the country as a whole up to the present and continues to damage the country. The fertilization of envy by the Democrats and political left has resulted in trillions of dollars invested in destroying the work ethic and family structures of descendants of slaves since the Civil War.
Absolutely.
The South had its “peculiar way of life” for about 0.05% of the population. The rest were dependents, black or white. To this day the Democrats build their power on dependency. A vile philosophy.
And that continued under Jim Crow, which was less about race than about keeping the elite in power by dividing poor whites from poor blacks. If they'd gotten together, they'd have swept the old planter class from power during the Populist Movement of the 1890s. The Democrats weren't having it.
It continues to this day. Democrats can only win by promoting division and dependency. Sadly, the GOPe is not far behind in that thinking. 20 million new dependents was not intended to make the country stronger.
Thanks for bringing this truth out. Of course it makes sense that free men create prosperity. It is envy, laziness, and racial prejudice (judging by color of skin or ethnic background) that holds people back. Socialism as today’s slavery is a great concept that should be pushed more. Then people could see it more clearly. Innovation and prosperity come from free men who have a stake in creating more abundance, not from slaves or people with no skin in the game.