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Originally Posted by Alawen
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Pretty good summary of the political situation, except you left out the fights over tariffs and slavery expanding toward the west.
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yeah, it was cheaper to send raw ore to france for smelting to make nails and ship it back than to send it to the north to have nails made, so lincoln was like TAX THAT SHIT YO.
south carolina was like FUCK YOU LINCOLN, WE WANT CHEAP NAILS.
rest was history.