They also thought slaves should count as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes.
So maybe we shouldn’t hold up their anti-democratic streak as an ideal.
But reactionaries are gonna reactionary.
They also thought slaves should count as 3/5 of a person for representation purposes.
So maybe we shouldn’t hold up their anti-democratic streak as an ideal.
But reactionaries are gonna reactionary.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
You mean so the democrats could own their slaves. Funny how things have not changed
LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We’ve been over this, remember?
Abraham Lincoln himself said the slavers called themselves Conservatives. You want to pretend like the great realignment didn’t happen, because facts are inconvenient to the narrative you find useful.
I know reactionaries are anti-intillectuals, but the reading assignment was pretty short.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Lincoln was a conservative himself. He described himself as a conservative and historians Label him as one. In the speech you cited, he was speaking as a conservative to other conservatives.
Democrats owned slaves. Democrats still want to own slaves.
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ending slavery is not a conservative position by definition. Conservatism means continuing the system that is currently in place and accepted.
LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Conservatives did not consider Lincoln a conservative. They considered a revolutionary. You’re lying.
amerika@annihilation.social 2 weeks ago
Democrats were conservative back then.
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I guess if you knew basically nothing about US history that would be a convincing statement.
amerika@annihilation.social 2 weeks ago
Slavery sucked because it was diversity.
It was also cruel and pointless, since it was low quality labor.
The solution is ending diversity.