Dr. Shiva is running for Governor of Massachusetts
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Dr. Shiva knows exactly what is going on.
"Rule Forty-two."
Perhaps the modern uniparty, but I'd say you could trace versions of it through the Progressive Era all the way back to the Democratic-Republicans. Had Lincoln not been assassinated, I think the Republican Party under his leadership would have obliterated the Democratic Party
Lincoln made it clear his goal was reconciliation, bring the lost sheep back into the fold. He did seem to favor holding some of the rebel ringleaders more accountable than others, but actual hangings for treason were unlikely. He had mentioned something like, of they all escaped to Europe or South America, it wouldn't be a bad thing. There would have been resistance, but ultimately I think his leadership would have kept Reconstruction more organized and unified. Johnson at first wanted hangings, even indicted Davis, Lee and others. But then he eased off. The Republican party split. Everything got messy. Democrat former rebels retook control of the South by 1880s. Delayed healing by decades.
We don't have clear north south geographic sectionalism now, but the rural urban divide is real especially when it comes to the culture wars. Much more difficult of a civil war to deal with because of less defined battlefields