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> The part you’re leaving out is that, as a direct consequence of this practice, the South was a backwards and impoverished part of the country for that entire
by MisterBastahrd 3y ago
> The part you’re leaving out is that, as a direct consequence of this practice, the South was a backwards and impoverished part of the country for that entire period.
The part that you're leaving out is that they were backwards and impoverished BY CHOICE. They could have automated just as much as the North did. They chose not to, because it was politically advantageous for land owners to keep their slave populations, which effectively also kept wages low for non-land owning white folk.
- philwelch 3y agoI'm not sure why you think I'm leaving that out. Are you imagining with what you imagine me to have said or what I actually said?
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoThe fact that they were backwards and poor was a feature, not a bug. It was an intentional decision by the leaders of the South at the time.
- philwelch 3y agoI understand that. What I don't understand is what you think our point of disagreement or contention is.