Civil War

Thoughts on removing Civil War era Statues honoring the South:

I tend to think as a soldier and not a civilian on this matter. In warfare, you respect your enemies. Some of the opposing generals became "friends" after the war. 75% of the free adult male population of the South was killed in the Civil War. Most of the families were destroyed. This was the first modern war in the history of mankind and it presaged WWI and WWII. This was the end of Feudalism and the beginning of the industrial era for the entire world. This was a significant epoch in human history. The NEXT American Civil War will be even more destructive and the entire heartland of the USA will be absolutely destroyed. We should remember our history. In the end it probably wont matter because the statues will be destroyed anyway as the cities themselves are incinerated. THIS is the price we will pay for capitalism, competition, and intolerance. Be prepared. Myself, I hope to escape to the mountains at the last minute. Either way, I am just an amused spectator.

This is way bigger than statues: the next civil war in my opinion will largely be a result of our training in grade school. We are all trained to be isolated, selfish, competitive, score keepers. We sit silently at our desks until we are allowed to talk. We have no friends, but just do assignments. The result of this training is a Nation filled with selfish. mean, hateful, lazy, self-centered people that have no real understanding of compassion, empathy, grace, love, or any sense of belonging to any group at all. The hateful talk we see in media is fueled by this training to be selfish little automatons with no sense of charity or empathy at all. Prepare for doom.


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William Schaeffer