...the southern slave plantation bourgeoisie kicking and screaming into industrial capitalism.

The slave economy was a drag on the more developed form of capitalism that was about to revolutionise the world. Everything else is just window dressing and fancy speeches.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    You aren't wrong, but that doesn't mean that the abolitionists weren't absolute Chads, or that the Socialists had no involvement. The reconciliation between the North/South capitalist contradiction could have gone several ways, including the maintenance of slavery in a more industrialized context. Left voices had an important role in making sure that the compass tilted towards the abolitionist outcomes.

    Remember, Marx supported the Union and many European Communists like Willich played critical roles it it's success.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, he didn't shoot that fucking snitch, take Harpers Ferry, and ride across the South on a tide of blood and terror, at the head of a Liberation army.