Root cause of the civil war was economic. Abolition of slavery came later and was used rhetorically. The North had wanted protectionist tariffs against imports which would lead to retaliatory tarrifs from foreign nations, which would severely affect the South's economy which was export based.Secession was an implicit option in reigning in the Federal Governments' abuses.Several states had threatened secession since the founding of the Union, resulting in compromises between the States and the Feds. Not until Lincoln did the Feds preserve the union through force. The Framers of the Constitution meant the Federal gov't to have only the powers enumerated in the 10th Amendment, and all else was up to the States and the people. They were very wary of centralization of power, because history showed that power tends to concentrate and grow. Now the science of Psychopathy explains why. --- On Thu, 9/24/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Just like in racing, good guys finish last To: Cc: "Miata Power List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 12:39 PM When you give power to any institution, the psychopaths gravitate to it.The only solution I see is DE-CENTRALIZATION OF POWER. Now you are back to the root causes of the Civil War. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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