I see. US was the only country that had slaves and this gave them an unfair advantage ergo they had the best universities.
My brain hurts stringing this logic together. Is that was you're implying?
My brain hurts stringing this logic together. Is that was you're implying?
Southern poverty stems from post-war wealth extraction by the same land-owning elites who dominated the pre-war economy.
Germany and Japan were also burnt to the ground in WW2, and rose from the ashes to quickly become economic superpowers, due to adopting free markets.
> Southern poverty stems from
That implies you agree that the superpower economy of the US is not the result of the pre-war slave economy.
I wasn’t disagreeing with you or making a counterpoint, merely adding to your “history of the decline of the south” by adding some interesting facts about how devastating Mississippi floods were the nails in a coffin that, as you pointed out, had already been glued-up, waxed and lined with silk.
Have a great day!