- Mar 14, 2023
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Trump Suggests Abraham Lincoln Should’ve Let the South Keep a Little Slavery
He answered a 10-year-old’s question about his favorite president by saying Lincoln should have “settled” the Civil War.
Donald Trump seems very confident in his ability to make deals. But,
he wanders to conclusions that show that he has little knowledge of
history. Or, morality.
Trump criticized Abraham Lincoln, for letting the Civil War happen.
Trump seems to think that Lincoln should have "settled" the Civil War.
What Trump does not seem to know, is that the South at that time, lived
with a slave economy. If slavery were abolished (as President Lincoln did,
with the Emancipation Proclamation), then the agricultural economy of the
South would have largely collapsed. And, the South was NOT willing to reorganize
its agricultural economy, to exist without slavery.
This problem with American history, is not a problem that a business
negotiator could have solved. A radical reorganization of the economy
was needed, in order to recognize the full humanity of the slaves, and
to free them.
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Donald Trump does not recognize historical truths, and seems to not understand
why history happened, the way it did. He seems to think that billionaire managers
could solve in a few days, complex problems and deep seated biases.
This is incredibly naive.
And, if Donald Trump is allowed to do more of his "solving", he will force the
Ukrainians to give up parts of their own land to Putin, for peace. And so Trump
will support the snatch-and-grab thievery of tyrants.
American citizens, and especially the poorer classes, should recognize that
Trump has no interest in protecting the human rights of every citizen. He just
wants to be seen as some great "negotiator", even if his decisions bypass a
fair rule of law, or individual human rights. Donald's "negotiating" is cut free of
the fair rule of law, and morality-ethics.
