Ta- Nehisi VS. the civilwar/buyout position.

Miscellaneous Current Events
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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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If you are faced with a system which was–at its core–rooted in horrific torture. murder, and human trafficking, and then told that it was all made to go away via faerie dust, you should be skeptical. If someone then generalizes and says that this system was ended everywhere by such means, you should be double so. Ron Paul’s rendition of history depends on a lack of that skepticism among his audience, and a faithful belief that they know nothing of Nanny, Toussaint, or Zumbi and have no sincere interest in finding out. Ron Paul is banking on your incuriosity.

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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.

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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.

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slavery is war?

I thought war was two sides taking to arms to settle disputes and slavery was ownership of another human?

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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.

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Were the Nazis ever at war against Jews?

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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.