The Civil War happened for the same reason as any other war. Human’s kill each other, and we look for psychological and moral excuses to participate in violence. We are apex predators suppressed by diet, chemicals, and programming. The primary motivation of war is the procurement of energy via control, land, family, or virtue. The winner always paints history’s portrait and moral justifications, like cobwebs, dangle from the rafters pretending to be the truth. The rebel flag and the south are scapegoats as long as there’s an appetite for virtue. We are bred to follow kings.
