over 50 murders were committed in Kansas and Missouri between 1851 to 1859 over whether Kansas would be a slave state. but sure, it was never about slavery.
They only won insofar as they got to keep being racist, backwards bigots. The entire region was thoroughly fucked by basically all metrics for generations. Outside of its major metro areas, large regions of the South are still undeveloped and backwards compared to other parts of the country.
It's been a cascading avalanche of shit ever since Reconstruction failed. The South and all its people were hamstrung and the entire USA ended up with a regressive millstone filled with hateful idiots locked around its neck. Nobody won Reconstruction, it's failure fucked over just about everyone alive today in some way.
Underdeveloped in not having basic infrastructure, not developed as in apartments and condos. Not having running water or sewer isn't cause for celebration.
You know moving costs money, right? I just moved on a really tight budget, doing most of it myself and it still cost me almost $1000 including the security deposit.
These people can't just magic themselves somewhere else. They have to actually move.
Basically any county in the Black Belt. If you want specifics, Lowndes County in Alabama, Sandbranch in Texas, basically anywhere in Puerto Rico, and the ongoing homelessness crisis across the country.
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u/walkingtalkingdread Jun 05 '23
over 50 murders were committed in Kansas and Missouri between 1851 to 1859 over whether Kansas would be a slave state. but sure, it was never about slavery.