Yeah. Civil War seems like a hostile takeover organized by Wall Street (and those families you mention most likely), the U.S. government became a massive monster after that. 60% of the U.S. population was farmers in 1860, by 1970 it was down under 3 percent, and this directly coincided with a massive loss of liberty in the country, I dont think that's happen-stance.

Also just wanted to note that Lincoln was a brutal dictator, there were actually secessionist movements in northern states and they were violently suppressed, the northern press was completely censored and the northern population was subject to mass conscription with extreme penalties for non-compliance. The Civil War is best understood not as a war about slavery (Lincoln himself said as much), but as a war launched by the federal government to establish dictatorial control over all the states, while destroying the southern independent farmers who to that point had served as a bulwark against the unrestrained expansion of federal tyranny.

Yeah. Civil War seems like a hostile takeover organized by Wall Street (and those families you mention most likely), the U.S. government became a massive monster after that. 60% of the U.S. population was farmers in 1860, by 1970 it was down under 3 percent, and this directly coincided with a massive loss of liberty in the country, I dont think that's happen-stance.