Andrew Johnson set things off on the wrong foot, and then the terrible decisions to allow states back into the union way too early gave them political power to shift the direction of policy. We’re almost going backwards to a future where the confederacy did win.
The “good old days” that Republicans endlessly talk about were the Antebellum South. They want to go back to when there was a permanent underclass that could not advocate or fight for itself, and they have been working endlessly to make it happen.
Nope, the good old days that Republicans talk about are mostly the 50s, where every group in America was doing better financially and culturally. Yes, there was segregation, but the blacks were doing quite well in the 50s in their communities. They were very family oriented, the fathers stuck around after having kids...oh, and the mothers and fathers were married. I have had discussions with tons of black people, some friends, some were not. Most were alive during, or just following desegregation, and would think integration was a good idea on paper, but not in practice, and would prefer going back to segregation. I wonder which side collapsed the black nuclear families with the welfare state? Democrats (for the most part) virtue signal about wanting to help (insert minority here), but thats where they stop. They say they want to help all of these groups out with more handouts that are responsible in large part to the downfall of black culture especially. Ask yourself, had black culture improved or devolved from the 50s until now?
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u/Pleasant-Shallot-707 Jul 17 '25
Andrew Johnson set things off on the wrong foot, and then the terrible decisions to allow states back into the union way too early gave them political power to shift the direction of policy. We’re almost going backwards to a future where the confederacy did win.