Ah yes, “the” civil war.
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explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoAlright, here’s your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War?
Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between abolitionists and anti-abolitionists, economic factors, both domestic and international-
Hey, hey!
Yeah?
Just say slavery.
Slavery it is, sir.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 days ago
The civil war has a clearly dominant causal factor that historians overwhelmingly agree upon. Modern socio economic issues don’t have that same level of single cause consensus. That’s why boiling everything down to ‘capitalism’ is overly reductive
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
This is how consensus starts
Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 days ago
At least you’re honest about pushing a narrative rather than engaging with evidence
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
? In 200 years most of the other details you’re imagining will be considered irrelevant