I think it’s bc It’s not like that stuff came from coherent or genuine belief in confederatism
No. Even the original Civil War was just a failed military coup. There's a reason the Confederates ran all the way up into fucking Gettysburg. They didn't just fortify the Mason Dixon line and shout "Come and Take It" from the southern side of the border. If they had, they might have actually won a protracted guerrilla war against Northern Aggressors, rather than pissing away half the army playing cat-and-mouse with the Union generals.
But it does illustrate a certain number of fault-lines in the domestic American Empire. Texas and California absolutely do not play nice with one another. Florida's been a kind-of Rogue State for years. There's definitely a real legal theory of confederatism that endures.
I just mean that you see reactionaries ping pong around all kinds of contradictory positions bc ultimately the only thing they care about is that reactionary policy is pushed further and further
Its all just old white dudes playing tug-of-war with the strings of power. I wouldn't call it contradictory so much as confrontational.
No. Even the original Civil War was just a failed military coup. There's a reason the Confederates ran all the way up into fucking Gettysburg. They didn't just fortify the Mason Dixon line and shout "Come and Take It" from the southern side of the border. If they had, they might have actually won a protracted guerrilla war against Northern Aggressors, rather than pissing away half the army playing cat-and-mouse with the Union generals.
But it does illustrate a certain number of fault-lines in the domestic American Empire. Texas and California absolutely do not play nice with one another. Florida's been a kind-of Rogue State for years. There's definitely a real legal theory of confederatism that endures.
Its all just old white dudes playing tug-of-war with the strings of power. I wouldn't call it contradictory so much as confrontational.