🔴 Great Britain and the Confederacy
“This essay describes the efforts of the Confederate States of America to convince Great Britain to support its secession from the United States. Although the South’s leaders were confident that Britain’s need for cotton would lead it to become an ally, numerous factors—including the British public’s aversion to slavery—contributed to the country remaining neutral.”
Slinger M. (2023) Great Britain and the Confederacy. British Journal of American Legal Studies, Vol.12 (Issue 2), pp. 357-376. https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2023-0028
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@corbin_lambeth @bibliolater @histodon @histodons
I'd be interested to see anyone name any actual human, ever, who has ever claimed that economic principles are the most important principles, period, or words to that effect.
@AlexanderKingsbury @bibliolater @histodon @histodons
You seem to be missing the point.
@corbin_lambeth @bibliolater @histodon @histodons
You seem surprised at "some" people recognizing that there are principles more important than economics, when as near as I can tell that describes...pretty much every human alive. And dead, for that matter.
@AlexanderKingsbury @bibliolater @histodon @histodons Meh. Just about every major problem in the world today (that is caused by humans) is an example of people putting economics before more important things. It is not surprising. It is literally business as usual. 🤷🏼♂️
@corbin_lambeth @bibliolater @histodon @histodons
You can certainly claim that. I can point to plenty of problems that are caused by people interfering with the free market. Take the price of insulin, for example. Look at the Open Insulin project; ready to provide safe, affordable, effective insulin to millions. Do you think it's the free market that's stopping them?
@AlexanderKingsbury @bibliolater @histodon @histodons Gee, how could we have guessed that you are an apologist for free-market economic solutions for everything. Quite the shocker. 🤦🏼
I decline your invitation to waste my time.
Goodbye 👋🏻
@bibliolater @histodon @histodons
I love how England was like, "You Noobs, work that shit out on your own and leave us alone." 😆
@bibliolater @histodon @histodons
So... what you're saying is that *some" people recognize that there are principles more important than economics?
(gasp! clutches pearls)
#capitalism 😒