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>be american southerner
>import slaves
>this depresses wages for white southern laborers
>start a civil war so the rich whites can keep their pet slaves
>you side has a population of 9,000,000, of which 4,000,000 were slaves, and has little industry or food production since you focused on cash crops (tobacco and cotton)
>you opponent has a population of 29,000,000, has extensive industry, and is a major food exporter providing the UK 50% of their food and france 40%
>volunteer to fight until the next planting season
>get forced to fight indefinitely
>if you try to go back home to take care of your family and farm, you'll be executed as a deserter
>and rich whites who owned 25+ slaves were exempt for military service
>get your ass kicked in the war
>assassinate the one guy who wanted to rebuild the south and ship the slaves back to africa
>become an economic and cultural backwater for over a century
>now your sons love to watch black athletes while your daughters fuck them

the south was a mistake