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When you're used to privilege, not getting your way feels like oppression (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Explanation: The US Civil War was kicked off in 1861 after the election of the antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln in late 1860. The radical antislavery position Lincoln held?

... that slavery shouldn't be allowed to expand outside of the South.

Not "Slavery must be immediately destroyed by the Federal government". Not even "Slavery in the South must be reduced by the Federal government." Just "No expansion."

Obviously, to the slaver cunts, this was unacceptable oppression, and they then attempted to secede after losing said democratic election.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I may be incorrect, but wasn't Lincoln's position even less direct and was "new states should decide for themselves", but the south wanted "new states have an automatic yes"?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Lincoln was opposed to the expansion of slavery into the territories, and believed that the Federal government did not have the power to remove or prevent slavery from expanding into states, but could do so to territories.

One of his Democratic opponents in the election, Douglas, took the 'moderate' position of letting territories decide for themselves, while the majority South opinion championed by his other Democratic opponent, Breckenridge, was that slavery could not be forbidden from the territories.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Literally anyone with privilege, when they lose even a sliver of that privilege: "I am being oppressed"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

"When someone is used to privilege, equity feels like oppression” or something

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Replace with modern Republicans, and nothing has changed!

Are we great yet?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

this one extends to the modern day in some ways

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

The government is trying to limit what i can do with my rightful property. Why shouldn't I be able to take my property with me wherever I move?

[–] CowsLookLikeMaps 5 points 5 days ago

When in doubt, listen