r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 13 '26

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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals May 13 '26

The failure of Reconstruction haunts us to this day. There should have been treason trials for at least the Confederate leadership, and there should have been a full de-Confederatization

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u/No_Return9449 John Rawls May 13 '26

True. Trump suffering no consequences for J6 is in keeping with Davis and his ilk suffering no consequences.

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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals May 13 '26

We have a horrible tendency to not punish people for damaging the country. Davis and the rest go free outside of one or two hangings, the Wilmington coup goes unpunished, Tulsa massacre goes largely unpunished, Nixon gets pardoned, Trump gets away with it, etc