Way longer than that if you want to get technical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer In a nutsh

Way longer than that if you want to get technical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer In a nutshell that's why the South is so poor. They've been falling for this for generations.