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Originally Posted by Niccolo
If the south won and cotton subsequently collapsed, they'd play games to force the more productive north to subsidize their cotton to keep their heritage alive. No doubt of that.
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or not.
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Originally Posted by Niccolo
Industrial feudalism? Excuse me? A defender of slavery accuses the North of feudalism? That takes gall (and a whole lot of dishonest hypocrisy).
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I agree. who defended slavery? can you quote him?
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Originally Posted by Niccolo
Feudalism requires that one has no choice in service. A free industrial/commercial economy provides choices. They may not be pretty choices, but they are free choices.
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Sweat in my shop for 14 hours a day for enough money to barely eat and cram your family into a two room flat.
Or go to the guy next door doing the same thing. (no wonder so many went west)
Yeah, one hell of a choice!! hooray liberty!