>Like... what the fuck was wrong with the USA during the slave time? It's worth noting that this was not an aberration historically but the norm within the col

>Like... what the fuck was wrong with the USA during the slave time? It's worth noting that this was not an aberration historically but the norm within the colonies and slave states that formed the original "Democratic Republic" during the American Revolution period People forget that anything west of the Mississippi wasn't even part of the United States at the signing of the constitution. It wasn't until literally 35 years later that the Louisiana Purchase happened and almost 80 years after the Constitution, in 1854 with the Gadsden purchase just prior to the Civil War. Prior to the Civil War the western "territories" were only such in name only and were indigenous lands that were being run over at high pace up until we got involved in WWII Arguably America as we know it is only about 80 years old, after the Great Society project ran into WWII and never picked up afterwards, as the US pushed industrialization from 1947-1971 and then financialization ever since. So, making sweeping statements about "America" especially compared to the founding days is pretty non-sensical It's been war and conquest since day 1