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But didn’t the Confederate army start the actual fighting of the civil war by firing upon Fort Sumter? > Is membership in the Union voluntary, or compulsory? I
by dangus 3y ago
But didn’t the Confederate army start the actual fighting of the civil war by firing upon Fort Sumter?
> Is membership in the Union voluntary, or compulsory? I'm not sure the answer provided by the civil war is morally correct...it sure would be nice if people could walk away without being shot.
Wait…are you saying the confederacy should have the right to secede peacefully?
Do their slaves get that same right to walk away from their plantation peacefully?
You see the irony here right?
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- shiroiuma 3y ago>But didn’t the Confederate army start the actual fighting of the civil war by firing upon Fort Sumter? It did. There was a lot of political tension before that point, but the Confederacy was the one that started the actual violence.
- shiroiuma 3y ago>Wait…are you saying the confederacy should have the right to secede peacefully? See, that's the problem with this question: the issues of self-determination are tied together with huge human-rights abuses here. What if, in the year 2025, the state of Maine wants to secede? Should they have that right? There's no slavery in Maine. If they don't have that right, why not? What philosophical principle does your argument rest on?