3 ms·
Largely because "50.1%", living hundreds or thousands of miles away, took to bossing the "49.9%" secessionists around. It also involved imposing a massive mora
by ctdonath 9y ago
Largely because "50.1%", living hundreds or thousands of miles away, took to bossing the "49.9%" secessionists around.
It also involved imposing a massive moral change with enormous economic consequences, which people understandably had some objections to. Ending slavery as a primary institution was costly.
- icebraining 9y agoRight, but that's essentially saying the US Constitution is great as long as it's not really put to the test. The pro-independence Catalonians also say that the central Government has been bossing them around. Besides, maybe the Civil War was inevitable, but the war itself caused a major shift of in the balances of power. The Constitution may not have changes, but the country did, and it's dubious that you can consider the pre and after periods as a continuous link.