You know I thought that people like Baudrillard or Fisher or Zizek (long live the drip) had figured out postmodern Capitalism in the 80's, but I guess it's actually the fucking Civil War guy who really gets it. R*ddit libs and getting the wall, name a better duo.

    • S4ck [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      It's apologetics for the South in the Civil War. Essentially it comes down to this:

      1. The civil war was primarily about states rights.
      2. The civil war was instigated by the North and Lincoln who acted without constitutional authority in the years leading up to the war, which essentially forced the South to secede.

      It had nothing to do with slavery. Slavery was just an excuse for the North to exercise authoritarian undemocratic power.

      Edit: I like this guy's videos. He parodies Southern apologist arguments and then debunks them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lac-8tTuyhs

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      It's a collection of myths that all make excuses for the Confederacy. I grew up hearing most of it. It's everything from claiming that slaves were happier and healthier than Northern factory workers to "the south was protecting our heritage" to gibberish legal defenses over "states' rights." All of it is a bunch of nonsense to excuse the CSA or outright claim they were the good guys.

      I hate it all and the fun part is the myths didn't even exist until decades after the Civil War ended.