24:00 Your argument has some good logic here. If the southern states didn't secede then Lincoln wouldn't have been able to use his executive authority to end slavery in the south. However, the Constitution gave Lincoln that power, showing you can end slavery through ways other than legislation.
Also, justices interpreting the Constitution to say slavery is illegal has happened at the state level so how are you so certain it couldn't happen on the federal level?
In short, slavery could be (and has been) abolished in America via executive, legislative and judicial methods that were all possible from their constitution
I enjoyed this greatly. More so because I am currently reading Chernow’s Grant, which documents the important role of Odysseus in Reconstruction. Well done, Vox..!
Why are we being forced to belong in some artificial collective regardless of our consent?
There's nothing sacred about the US, and there's no reason we all have to be in the same giant political unit.
When the media is talking about "we" they never mentioned that "we" never agreed to this arrangement in the first place.
I NOTICED THAT THIS 250TH ANNIVERSARY IS NOT AS JOYFUL AS THE 200TH BICENTENNIAL IN 1976 SO MUCH MORE CELEBRATION THAN THIS ONE. :medal-yellow-first-red:
The issue is that our country was founded on an inherent contradiction. So whether you think freedom should be for all or just for the chosen few, you have a claim to the American story. That is why we can't reach consensus. Two groups in total ideological opposition, and they both have good arguments for why their version of America is the "real America." I don't know how we fix that; I'm not sure we can.
As a Canadian, I sometimes see the USA as the Pandora nation: no matter how badly she screws up, she always has that Hope...
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Also, justices interpreting the Constitution to say slavery is illegal has happened at the state level so how are you so certain it couldn't happen on the federal level?
In short, slavery could be (and has been) abolished in America via executive, legislative and judicial methods that were all possible from their constitution
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There's nothing sacred about the US, and there's no reason we all have to be in the same giant political unit.
When the media is talking about "we" they never mentioned that "we" never agreed to this arrangement in the first place.
This wasn't a radical new idea to see the "all men are born free and equal" part as being incompatible with the practice of slavery.