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Interesting!

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I can't imagine, even with the overt racism of the south, that they would go back to slavery (even rhetorically). However, I think that serfdom and open racism would definitely be part of their Southern moral "philosophy".

I don't think they could survive without the North and West's tax money, so it probably would never happen. Not to mention the North's response would probably be along the line of the response towards the 'Branch Davidians'.>> ^NetRunner:

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I'd love to see the South secede from the Union. I'm sure it wouldn't be long before their roads were unpaved and they were in a war with Mexico. Their low wages and corrupt politicians might do well in the current world economy.

I think my main curiosity about such a hypothetical is how close to reinstating slavery they'd get.
Mostly though, I wish people would recognize that secession would be massively ugly for everyone.

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Thanks! That one has sat around for a while.
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I'd love to see the South secede from the Union. I'm sure it wouldn't be long before their roads were unpaved and they were in a war with Mexico. Their low wages and corrupt politicians might do well in the current world economy.

These guys have eyes suspiciously like the Empire's probe droid in 'Empire Strikes Back'. Clearly they were created by George Lucas. I'm calling fake.

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