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Well, the confederacy believed in subsidiarity.

• eru 2y ago
  Well, and Hitler was a vegetarian. What's your point? Btw, do we have any sources / evidence for whether the confederacy only believed that specific point for the specific question of whether the states or the union should decide about slavery? Or did they also have differences in opinion from the northerners on eg the role of municipalities and counties in educational policy or monetary questions etc?
  • lokar 2y ago
    The point is we generally agree that some human rights are too important to leave to local jurisdiction. They are universal, and everyone has an interest is seeing them upheld.
    • eru 2y ago
      Yet, manslaughter and murder are handled by the states in the US, and that seems to work out just fine. I can hardly think of a human right more important and fundamental and universal than the right not be murdered.