• unalivejoy@lemmy.zip
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    Political issue: “We want to keep slavery legal”

    Economic issue: “If we abolish slavery, the economy will suffer”

    Social issue: “We’re racist”

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      How a small thing just ripples through! The economical reason was probably a driving force in maintaining the other two issues alive…