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wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I am not wrong. Only you read it incorrectly.

Lincoln was a conservative Republican. The Republican Party was formed as an anti-slavery party. It replaced the whigs. Lincoln was a conservative Whig before joining the Republican Party.

Here is a whole breakdown on the topic.

…wikipedia.org/…/History_of_conservatism_in_the_U…

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LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So you’re saying that Lincoln was wrong when he said slavers identified as Conservatives?

Wow, we’re so lucky to have such an intellectual giant on Lemmy!

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- amerika@annihilation.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  @LookBehindYouNowAndThen @wintermute_oregon
  
  Slavers were just there to make money, and most of them were Arabic, Chinese, or Jewish.
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- wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  R1
  
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