![]() In this excerpt from his book, Thompson argues that not only is it impossible to support the idea of the Confederacy without supporting the idea of armed insurrection and the enslavement of an entire people, but it will be impossible for the United States to truly reconcile the two sides until Southerners come to grips with what their belief implies. Still, for many Southerners, the Confederacy is a source of pride, even if they don’t quite twig to the racist undergirding of the that idea. Much of that is tied to its historical self-image as a “country within a country,” and fueled by the “ Lost Cause ” idea after its loss in the Civil War. Editor’s Note: In Chuck Thompson’s book, “ Better Off Without ’Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession ,” he examined the idea that the South really was different from the rest of the country, with lagging social indicators and more conservative values.
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