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The slave economy was only partially dismantled, not burned to the ground. Southern poverty stems from post-war wealth extraction by the same land-owning elite
by TheCoelacanth 6y ago
The slave economy was only partially dismantled, not burned to the ground.
Southern poverty stems from post-war wealth extraction by the same land-owning elites who dominated the pre-war economy.
- WalterBright 6y agoSherman's "March to the Sea" was a deliberate and successful strategy to burn the heard of the South to the ground. 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.