The conclusion from the article was: Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish w

The conclusion from the article was: Each of us can be happier, and America will start to heal, when we become the kind neighbors and generous friends we wish we had. My point is that the neighbourliness of the southern states in no way healed the sectional rift. Ie the author didn't backtest his theory against history. So either the authors conclusion doesn't follow from his premise or the conclusion is unrelated to the rest of the article (which I did read), or the last paragraph is not a conclusion or the whole article is just nonsense?