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Democracy requires compromise. That's long gone. The "two" sides are far apart from compromise. Maybe Abraham Lincoln should have let the South go. There's jus
by tharmas 1y ago
Democracy requires compromise. That's long gone. The "two" sides are far apart from compromise.
Maybe Abraham Lincoln should have let the South go. There's just too much difference in world views.
- BobaFloutist 1y agoNo, the original sin here is pretty clearly that reconstruction didn't go nearly far enough. Treason was treated as a difference of opinions before, and people to this day think it's a cute cultural quirk. We need to do a better job of stamping it out this time, once the dust settles.
- tharmas 1y ago≥stamping it out Sounds authoritarian not authoritative.