re: History Debate: Ulysses S. Grant vs. Robert E. Lee

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While it is true the CSA outclassed the USA in every tangible way (except equipment and supply) probably all the way until the end of the war, the differences in '64 and '65 were getting to be negligible. The "screening" process that combat provides allowed the better Union generals to rise to the top. As their troops became more combat hardened, the overall esprit de corps, the elan, the fighting spirit - however you want to describe it - possessed by the confederates, particularly the Army of Northern Virginia, was insufficient to overcome the massive advantages in manpower and materiel enjoyed by the North.

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Complete and utter bullshite!

The North won because the northern military came from an all around better stock that possessed a superior work ethic and overall health. Most southern troops were illiterate and impoverished, many of them malnourished and held into abject poverty by their aristocratic and exploitative elites.

Also, the narrative of world history is north over south in every case (see: Global North over Global South, Northern Ireland over the Republic, northern Europe over southern Europe, North Korea over South Korea, North Vietnam over South Vietnam, northern Italy over Sicily, northern France over south of France, Germanics/Norsemen over Romans and Greeks, Russians over Caucasians and Chechens, ad infinitum).

The South lost because the South was/is wrong regarding just about everything. In fact, the South today is the reason the GOP and conservatism no longer stands a realistic chance. Southerners have a self-defeating identity which favors the interest of their elites over their ordinary citizens, and this is why your demographics are gradually uprooting you all and replacing you with cheaper labor to serve the corporate interests at your expense in the region.

History continues to repeat itself over and over again.