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I think you are attributing a lot of things to Graham that he didn't say. He did not say that it was not about slavery. Again, if it was an issue that could be

I think you are attributing a lot of things to Graham that he didn't say. He did not say that it was not about slavery. Again, if it was an issue that could be expressed in a single sentence, it would not have inspired the many studies that it has. That is not to deny that the Civil War was about slavery, which I am certainly not. As to what Graham believes, a single sentence means only that. And does not mean he thinks its opposite is true. Not everything is an either/or proposition. Quite often things are more a both/and situation.

CRConrad 5y ago
> I think you are attributing a lot of things to Graham that he didn't say. He did not say that it was not about slavery. What you are saying is just simply quite literally not true. He said exactly that: > "Better stick to the standard cartoon version that the Civil War was about slavery" -- http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html