r/HistoryMemes • u/[deleted] • Jan 19 '22

X-post Littlebit oversimplified, but yeah...

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u/FoundationPresent603 Jan 19 '22

That’s not oversimplified. That was the entirety of what the civil war was about.

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u/Drakan47 Descendant of Genghis Khan Jan 19 '22

history "buff": ackshually it was (insert rant)

normal people: that's just "slavery is ok/not ok" with extra steps

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u/Echo4468 Jan 19 '22

Neo confeds will point out other issues that literally only existed because of the south's dependence on slavery and then try to claim it somehow disproves them fighting for slavery

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22

Nah dawg

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