The south wanted to force the North to treat escaped slaves as stolen property.
The North said they were people.
So the south tried to force the feds into helping them.
The feds told the south “state rights, the Fed can’t do that”.
So the South started a civil war against the federal government, in an attempt to get a more powerful federal government.
Which actually did work? The federal government went ahead and banned slavery outright during the war. Something Lincoln had spent years saying the federal government couldn’t do.
So by trumps logic:
When conservatives try to do something, we should just do the opposite because if they fight a civil war over it, that’s what’ll happen anyways
And hes blaming the Feds for it.
The south wanted to force the North to treat escaped slaves as stolen property.
The North said they were people.
So the south tried to force the feds into helping them.
The feds told the south “state rights, the Fed can’t do that”.
So the South started a civil war against the federal government, in an attempt to get a more powerful federal government.
Which actually did work? The federal government went ahead and banned slavery outright during the war. Something Lincoln had spent years saying the federal government couldn’t do.
So by trumps logic:
When conservatives try to do something, we should just do the opposite because if they fight a civil war over it, that’s what’ll happen anyways
It’s worse. The Feds told the South “Okay, we’ll make it law.” And that still wasn’t enough for the South.