http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/compensation/251804/ Part I
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/compensation/251886/ PartII
http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2012/01/compensation/252023/ PartIII
The first is an hagiography of Abe. In second he cites various examples of violent rebellions against the institution.
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In third he disputes the buyout scenario becuase he believes that southners would not have given up the most important economic resource at that time. Many would just not sell as the prices due to buyout will keep going up. Although he ignores eminent domain.
What do you think? I do agree with his one point, many people who say that buying out slaves would have avoided war ignore that slavery itself was war. Although as to the rest of his argument I am still not convinced.
Regardles of whatever else the author wrote, I like this statement: "But I refuse to lose sight of the fact that slavery was, itself, war." However, I wonder what the author thinks of the taxation imposed on blacks today.
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
slavery is war?
I thought war was two sides taking to arms to settle disputes and slavery was ownership of another human?
Torture,murder,beatings killing keeping them in imhumane unberable conditions. Denying the very existance of the humanity of an entire race is war on them.
TANSTAAFL: slavery is war? I thought war was two sides taking to arms to settle disputes and slavery was ownership of another human?
Were the Nazis ever at war against Jews?
Email Thomas J. DiLorenzo, you12. He may be interested in writing a rebuttal. In the meantime, browse the King Lincoln Archive on LewRockwell.com, especially DiLorenzo’s entries.